Oweira H, Lahdou I, Daniel V, Opelz G, Schmidt J, Zidan A, Mehrabi A, Sadeghi M. Early post-operative acute phase response in patients with early graft dysfunction is predictive of 6-month and 12-month mortality in liver transplant recipients.
Hum Immunol 2016;
77:952-960. [PMID:
27476050 DOI:
10.1016/j.humimm.2016.07.234]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED
Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after liver transplantation is mostly a reversible event caused by factors related to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. EAD represents a hepatic injury associated with pre- and early post-transplant inflammatory cytokine responses. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic and diagnostic value of CRP in liver transplant recipients with EAD.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Forty-seven patients with EAD were compared with 115 non-EAD patients. Pre- and post-transplant parameters were analyzed. EAD was defined based on postoperative liver function tests such as INR, bilirubin and liver enzymes. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 18.0.
RESULTS
Pre-transplant liver enzyme were not significantly different in the two groups. At day 3, 5 and 10 post-transplant CRP was significantly higher in patients with EAD than in non-EAD patients (p⩽0.001 for all investigations) and remained consistently high in patients with EAD and low in non-EAD patients. EAD patients with high CRP at post-transplant days 3 and 5 showed lower survival at 6-month and 12-month post-transplant than patients with low CRP.
CONCLUSION
Our results indicate a prognostic and diagnostic value of CRP in patients with early graft dysfunction and predict 6-month and 12-month mortality in liver transplant recipients.
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