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- Title
Liver Transplant Patients with High Levels of Preoperative Serum Ammonia Are at Increased Risk for Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Study.
- Authors
Lee, Yoon Sook; Choi, Yoon Ji; Park, Kyu Hee; Park, Byeong Seon; Son, Jung-Min; Park, Ju Yeon; Ri, Hyun-Su; Ryu, Je Ho
- Abstract
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent postoperative complications after liver transplantation (LT). Increased serum ammonia levels due to the liver disease itself may affect postoperative renal function. This study aimed to compare the incidence of postoperative AKI according to preoperative serum ammonia levels in patients after LT. Medical records from 436 patients who underwent LT from January 2010 to February 2020 in a single university hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were then categorized according to changes in plasma creatinine concentrations within 48 h of LT using the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria. A preoperative serum ammonia level above 45 mg/dL was associated with postoperative AKI (p < 0.0001). Even in patients with a normal preoperative creatinine level, when the ammonia level was greater than 45 μg/dL, the incidence of postoperative AKI was significantly higher (p < 0.0001); the AKI stage was also higher in this group than in the group with preoperative ammonia levels less than or equal to 45 μg/dL (p < 0.0001). Based on the results of our research, an elevation in preoperative serum ammonia levels above 45 μg/dL is related to postoperative AKI after LT.
- Subjects
ACUTE kidney failure; LIVER transplantation; KIDNEY transplantation; AMMONIA; SERUM; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, Vol 9, Issue 6, p1629
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm9061629