11 June 2021 : Original article
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score-Based Factors Predict Early Mortality in High-Risk Patients with Living Donor Liver Transplant
Hao-Chien Hung1ABC, Chin-Hsin Shen2ABC, Chen-Fang Lee13ABCDEF*, Ssu-Min Cheng4C, Wei-Chen Lee13ADOI: 10.12659/AOT.931045
Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931045
Table 4 Causes of death among non-survivors according to numbers of independent risks contained.
| Non-survivors, n=30 (100.0%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk no. | |||||
| Causes | 0 risk | 1 risk | 2 risks | 3 risks | Total |
| Infection | 1 (3.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | 5 (16.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 15 (50.0%) |
| Rejection | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (6.7%) | 4 (13.3%) | 2 (6.7%) | 7 (23.3%) |
| Vascular complication* | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| Cardiopulmonary-related** | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (6.7%) |
| Bleeding*** | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (6.7%) |
| Total | 2 (6.7%) | 10 (33.3%) | 15 (50.0%) | 3 (10.0%) | 30 (100.0%) |
| SOFA score on POD 7 | |||||
| SOFA score, mean±SD | 10.0±2.8 | 11.5±2.6 | 10.6±2.1 | 10.0±1.0 | 10.8±2.2 |
| SOFA score, min. to max. | 8–12 | 8–16 | 8–14 | 9–11 | 8–16 |
| POD – post-operative day; SD – standard deviation; min – minimum; max – maximum. * Included 3 insufficient portal inflow and 1 hepatic venous outflow obstruction; ** included 1 acute myocardial infarction and 1 pulmonary embolism; *** both were massive gastric variceal bleeding. | |||||