Early acute kidney injury after liver transplantation: Predisposing factors and clinical implications

Table 5 The effect of organ status and surgical technique on hepatic ischaemia reperfusion injury severity and the renal implications of increasing ischaemia reperfusion injury n (%)

	Severity of HIRI
	Mild (n = 35)	Moderate (n = 68)	Severe (n = 13)	P value
DCD organs	1/35 (2.9)	11/68 (16.2)	5/13 (38.5)	0.007
Caval replacement	16/35 (45.7)	36/68 (52.9)	9/13 (69.2)	0.348
Incidence of AKI	12/35 (34.3)	34/68 (50.0)	12/13 (92.3)	0.002
Need for CVVHF	5/35 (14.3)	15/68 (22.1)	8/13 (61.5)	0.003
Development of CRF	6/30 (20.0)	19/53 (35.8)	5/11 (45.5)	0.195

HIRI: Hepatic ischaemia reperfusion injury; DCD: Donation after Cardiac death; AKI: Acute kidney injury; CVVHF: Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration; CRF: Chronic renal failure.