Predictive Risk Factors in the Development of Intraoperative Hyperkalemia in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation

S. E. Juang, C. E. Huang, C. L. Chen, C. H. Wang, C. J. Huang, K. W. Cheng, S. C. Wu, T. H. Shih, S. C. Yang, Z. W. Wong, B. Jawan, Y. E. Lee*

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Abstract

Background Hyperkalemia, defined as a serum potassium level higher than 5 mEq/L, is common in the liver transplantation setting. Severe hyperkalemia may induce fatal cardiac arrhythmias; therefore, it should be monitored and treated accordingly. The aim of the current retrospective study is to evaluate and indentify the predictive risk factors of hyperkalemia during living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Methods and Patients Four hundred eighty-seven adult LDLT patients were included in the study. Intraoperative serum potassium levels were monitored at least five times during LDLT; patients with a potassium level higher than 5 mEq/L were included in group 1, and the others with normokalemia in group 2. Patients' categorical characteristics and intraoperative numeric variables with a P value <.1 were selected into a multiple binary logistic regression model. In multivariate analysis, a P value of <.05 is regarded as a risk factor in the development of hyperkalemia. Results Fifty-one of 487 (10.4%) patients had hyperkalemia with a serum potassium level higher than 5.0 mEq/L during LDLT. Predictive factors with P <.1 in univariate analysis (Table 1), such as anesthesia time, preoperative albumin level, Model for End-stage Liver Disease score, preoperative bilirubin level, amount of blood loss, red blood cell (RBC) and fresh frozen plasma transfused, 5% albumin administered, hemoglobin at the end of surgery, and the amount of furosemide used, were further analyzed by multivariate binary regression. Results show that the anesthesia time, preoperative serum albumin level, and RBC count are determinant risk factors in the development of the hyperkalemia in our LDLT serials. Conclusion Prolonged anesthesia time, preoperative serum albumin level, and intraoperative RBC transfusion are three determinant factors in the development of intraoperative hyperkalemia, and close monitoring of serum potassium levels in patients with abovementioned risk factors are recommended.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1022-1024
Number of pages3
JournalTransplantation Proceedings
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 05 2016
Externally publishedYes

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