Postoperative respiratory failure in liver transplantation: Risk factors and effect on prognosis.

Alfonso Wolfango AvolioRita GaspariLuciana Teofili Giuseppe BiancoGiorgia SpinazzolaPaolo Maurizio SoaveGianfranco PaianoAlessandra Gioia FrancesconiAndrea ArcangeliNicola NicolottiMassimo Antonelli

Published in: PloS one (2019)

In conclusion, MELD, restrictive lung pattern, surgical complexity as captured by VVBP, pre-extubation PaCO2 and MEAF are the main predictors of PRF in non-acute LTx patients.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
risk factors
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
liver failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome
patient reported outcomes
drug induced