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  • Hepatology
  • Transplant Surgery
  • Critical Care Medicine

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  • Liver transplantation (LT) is a vital treatment for end-stage liver disease, with outcomes improving due to advances in surgical techniques, immunosuppression, and anesthesia.
  • Despite improvements, early mortality within 90 days post-LT remains a concern.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify specific surgical and anesthesiological variables associated with early death causes in liver transplant recipients.
  • To correlate patient and procedural factors with distinct early mortality outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective observational analysis of adult liver transplant recipients who died within 90 days (2012-2016).
  • Exclusion of intraoperative deaths, split liver, and domino transplants.
  • Death was categorized as sepsis, non-graft-related vascular events, or primary non-function; donor and recipient variables were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Statistically significant associations (P < .05) were found between renal function support, retransplantation, and fresh frozen plasma units transfused.
  • These factors were linked to early death specifically due to sepsis in liver transplant recipients.

Conclusions:

  • Identified specific risk factors contributing to early mortality causes following liver transplantation.
  • Findings enable risk stratification for intensive and precise management of high-risk liver transplant patients.