Risk Factors of Brems et al for Blood Loss Associated with Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

 

Risk factors associated with the greatest blood loss:

(1) age > 50 years (loss = 12 blood volumes)

(2) biliary atresia (loss = 9 blood volumes)

(3) history of portocaval shunt (loss = 18 blood volumes)

(4) history of portoenterostomy (loss = 9 blood volumes)

 

Additional risk factors for blood loss (loss = 6 - 7 blood volumes)

(1) age 1 to 20

(2) primary biliary cirrhosis

(3) history of sclerotherapy

(4) history of splenectomy

(5) serum total bilirubin >= 5 mg/dL

 

where:

• Portoenterostomy is an operation used in the treatment of biliary atresia; it includes a Roux-en-Y anastomosis