Chirichella TJ, Dunham CM, Zimmerman MA, Phelan EM, Mandell MS, Conzen KD, Kelley SE, Nydam TL, Bak TE, Kam I, Wachs ME. Donor preoperative oxygen delivery and post-extubation hypoxia impact donation after circulatory death hypoxic cholangiopathy. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(12): 3392-3403 [PMID: 27022221 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i12.3392]
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Thomas J Chirichella, MD, Transplantation Fellow, Division of Transplant Surgery, 1635 Aurora Ct., 7th Floor, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO 80045, United States. tchirichella@gmail.com
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2016; 22(12): 3392-3403 Published online Mar 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i12.3392
Table 1 Donor risk conditions for hypoxic cholangiopathy
Result
Range
Age
29.7 ± 10.4
9-53
Body mass index (kg/m2)
25.7 ± 4.1
18-36
Pre-op pressors = 0
29/44 (65.9%)
Pre-op pressors = 1
9/44 (20.5%)
Pre-op pressors ≥ 2
6/44 (13.6%)
Red blood cell transfusion
11/44 (25.03%)
Pre-op hemoglobin (g/dL)
11.7 ± 2.3
4.8-16.5
Pre-op mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
88.6 ± 17.8
57-121
Pre-op SpO2 (%)
97.3 ± 5.4
65-100
Pre-op PaO2 (torr)
181.9 ± 114.7
41-472
Pre-op arterial O2 content (mL/100 mL)
16.0 ± 3.3
7.5-23.2
Donor hypoxia accrual time (min)
20.8 ± 5.5
9.0-33.0
Extubation-to-asystole time (min)
12.6 ± 5.2
4.0-24.0
Asystole-to-aortic clamp time (min)
8.2 ± 2.4
5.0-14.0
Donor ischemia time (min)
12.4 ± 6.1
2-25
Donor hypoxemia time (min)
14.2 ± 6.1
1-29
Donor hypoxia score
2.3 ± 1.1
0.4-4.8
Pre-donation length of stay (d)
3.8 ± 2.3
1-13
No arrest
24 (53.3%)
Pre-donor duration of arrest (min)
31.5 ± 20.6
3-75
Table 2 Hypoxic cholangiopathy correlations with preoperative donor oxygen delivery
(-) Hypoxic cholangiopathy
(+) Hypoxic cholangiopathy
P value
n
22
22
Age
25.6 ± 8.4
33.0 ± 10.6
0.020
Multiple pressor administration
27.3%
0.0%
0.009
RBC transfusion
36.4%
9.5%
0.040
RBC or multiple pressor administration
54.6%
9.5%
0.001
Hemoglobin
12.3 ± 2.1
10.7 ± 2.2
0.020
Arterial O2 content (mL/100 mL)
16.8 ± 3.3
14.8 ± 2.8
0.049
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
83.8 ± 18.5
92.7 ± 16.2
0.100
Table 3 Comparison of patients with preoperative multiple pressors or red blood cell transfusion
(-) Multiple-pressor/RBC
(+) Multiple-pressor/RBC
P value
n
29 (67.4%)
14 (32.6%)
Hypoxic cholangiopathy
19 (65.5%)
2 (14.3%)
0.001
Initial pH
7.33 ± 0.14
7.25 ± 0.12
0.08
Pre-op pH
7.43 ± 0.06
7.39 ± 0.08
0.07
Initial PaO2
156.4 ± 84.0
133.6 ± 117.6
0.48
Pre-op PaO2
171.5 ± 106.1
191.2 ± 129.8
0.60
Initial SpO2 (%)
97.5 ± 2.7
92.2 ± 9.9
0.012
Pre-op SpO2 (%)
97.9 ± 2.0
95.9 ± 8.8
0.41
Initial P/F O2
228.5 ± 116
191.4 ± 93
0.40
Pre-op P/F O2
212.5 ± 101
243.8 ± 126
0.41
Initial PEEP (cmH2O)
6.0 ± 2.7
5.6 ± 3.9
0.69
Pre-op PEEP (cmH2O)
7.1 ± 4.6
7.0 ± 4.5
0.96
Pre-op hemoglobin (g/dL)
11.8 ± 1.9
11.8 ± 2.5
0.99
Arterial O2 content (mL/100 mL)
16.2 ± 2.5
16.1 ± 4.0
0.93
Pre-op systolic pressure (mmHg)
133.6 ± 21.9
123.5 ± 26.8
0.19
Pre-op diastolic pressure (mmHg)
74.3 ± 15.7
64.3 ± 18.1
0.06
Pre-op mean pressure (mmHg)
92.1 ± 16.6
82.1 ± 19.2
0.08
Pre-op heart rate (bpm)
92.3 ± 20.2
96.9 ± 22.3
0.49
Table 4 Hypoxic cholangiopathy correlations with donor post-extubation hypoxia
(-) Hypoxic cholangiopathy
(+) Hypoxic cholangiopathy
P value
n
22
22
Donor hypoxia accrual time (min)
20.3 ± 5.8
21.6 ± 5.2
0.470
Extubation-to-asystole time (min)
12.0 ± 5.1
13.4 ± 5.4
0.380
Asystole-to-aortic clamp time (min)
8.3 ± 2.6
8.1 ± 2.3
0.800
Donor ischemia time (min)
11.7 ± 7.4
13.5 ± 4.2
0.340
Donor hypoxemia time (min)
13.2 ± 6.5
15.5 ± 5.6
0.220
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL)
12.3 ± 2.1
10.7 ± 2.2
0.017
Donor hypoxia score
2.0 ± 1.2
2.7 ± 0.9
0.030
Donor hypoxia score > 2.0
25.0%
69.6%
0.006
Table 5 Recipient risk variables - n = 45 n (%)
Result
Range
Hepatitis-C
13 (28.9)
Ethanol
6 (13.3)
Alpha-1 antitrypsin
9 (20.0)
Hepatitis B
3 (6.7)
Hepatocellular carcinoma
18 (40.0)
≥ 2 diagnoses
21 (46.7)
MELD
28.7 ± 5.6
17-40
Duct to duct anastamosis
38 (84.4)
Cold-ischemia time (min)
429.9 ± 127.3
60-660
Warm-ischemia time (min)
35.4 ± 13.6
16-76
Total-ischemia time (min)
465.6 ± 131.0
95-688
Table 6 Era 1 and era 2 risk comparisons
Era 1
Era 2
P value
DCD liver transplants
17
27
Hypoxic cholangiopathy
29.4%
63.0%
0.030
Transplants per year
2.5
7.1
0.100
Hepatocellular carcinoma
23.5%
51.9%
0.060
Donor body mass index (kg/m2)
24.1 ± 3.1
26.7 ± 4.3
0.030
Donor hypoxia accrual time (min)
17.3 ± 5.0
22.7 ± 4.8
0.001
Donor extubation-to-asystole time (min)
9.3 ± 4.5
14.4 ± 4.7
0.001
Donor aystole-to-crossclamp time (min)
8.1 ± 2.7
8.3 ± 2.3
0.779
Donor ischemia time (min)
9.7 ± 5.6
13.9 ± 5.9
0.030
Donor hypoxemia time (min)
11.1 ± 6.7
16.0 ± 5.1
0.013
Donor hypoxia score
1.6 ± 0.9
2.7 ± 1.1
0.003
Donor hypoxia score > 2.0
28.6%
73.1%
0.006
Recipient cold ischemia time (min)
381 ± 139
461 ± 111
0.040
Recipient warm ischemia time (min)
31 ± 10
39 ± 15
0.030
Recipient total ischemia time (min)
411.8 ± 135
499.4 ± 119
0.030
Citation: Chirichella TJ, Dunham CM, Zimmerman MA, Phelan EM, Mandell MS, Conzen KD, Kelley SE, Nydam TL, Bak TE, Kam I, Wachs ME. Donor preoperative oxygen delivery and post-extubation hypoxia impact donation after circulatory death hypoxic cholangiopathy. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(12): 3392-3403