Pre-and intra-operative risk factors associated with delayed weaning from ventilator during early postoperative period in patients undergoing liver transplantation / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the pre- and intra-operative risk factors associated with delayed weaning from ventilator during the early postoperative period in patients undergoing liver transplantation.Methods Two hundred and twelve patients (152 male, 60 female) aged 22-69 yr undergoing liver transplantation from Sept 2004to Aug 2006 were enrolled in this study and were divided into 2 groups according to the time when the patients were weaned from ventilator normal weaning group (Group A, the patients weaned from ventilator within 24 h after operation) and delayed weaning group (Group B, the patients weaned from ventilator more than 24 h after operation). Routine anesthesia wes performed. Blood and blood products were transfused according to the guidelines for blood transfusion to maintain the mean arterial pressure (MAP)≥60 mm Hg during operation. Sixteen preoperative variables (age＞64 yr, gender, BMI ≥ 30kg/m2, PaO2＜75 mm Hg,pleural effusion, a history of asthma, smoking, drinking alcohol, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, encephalopathy＞grade 3, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, preoperative MELD score, serum albumin, ascites≥20 ml/kg and moderate hepatopulmonary hypertension) and 7 intraoperative variables (duration of operation, duration of anhepatic stage, transfusions of RBC,fresh frozen plasma (FFP), crystalloid and colloid, and urine output＜ 1 ml·kg-1·h-1) were recorded and compared between the two groups.Results There were significant differences in 9 preoperative variables (age ＞ 64 yr, PaO2＜75 mm Hg, pleural effusion,encephalopathy＞grade 3, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, preoperative MELD score, serum albumin, ascites≥20 ml/kg and moderate hepato-pulmonary hypertension) and 5 intraoperative variables (transfusions of RBC, FFP, crystalloid and colloid, and urine output＜1 mi·kg-1·h-1) between the two groups (P＜0.05 or 0.01). And logistic regression analysis showed that 5preoperative variables (age＞64 yr, PaO2＜75 mm Hg, encephalopathy ＞ grade 3, preoperative MELD score, and moderate hepato-pulmonary hypertension) and 2 intraoperative variables (transfusion of RBC and urine output＜1 ml·kg-1·h-1) were confirmed to be associated with delayed weaning from ventilator.Conclusion Such variables es age ＞ 64 yr, preoperative PaO2 ＜ 75 mm Hg, encephalopathy ＞ grade 3, preoperative MELD score, moderate hepato-pulmonary hypertension, transfusion of RBC during operation and urine output ＜ 1 ml· kg-1 · h-1 are associated with delayed weaning from ventilator during early postoperative period after liver transplantation.