Late ICU admission in liver transplant recipients: ten years experience

Methods We retrospectively screened the data of 173 consecutive adult liver transplant recipients who received their grafts at Başkent University Transplant Center from January 2005 through March 2015. Among them patients admitted to ICU were included for the analysis. ARF was defined as severe dyspnea, respiratory distress, decreased oxygen saturation (< 92%), hypoxemia (PaO2< 60mmHg) or hypercapnia (PaCO2>60mmHg) on room air or requirement of noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected. Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores at ICU admission and lengths of ICU, hospital stay and mortality were assessed.