Relationship Between the Diagnosis, Preoperative Evaluation, and Prognosis After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (original) (raw)

The purpose of this study was to identify which of the biochemical, immunological, or functional parameters derived before surgery as part of a systemic evaluation were helpful in predicting the frequency of rejection episodes, the chance of survival, and the cause risk of death (should death occur) of patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Ninetyeight adult patients who had an extensive preoperative protocol evaluation were studied before OLTx. The biochemical parameters assessed were albumin, prothrombin time, bilirubin, and ICG clearance. The immunologic parameters assessed included total lymphocytes, T3 cells, T4 cells, T8 cells, and the T4/18 ratio. The degree of histocompatibility antigen