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Table 1 Characteristics of 918 patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation between 1996 and 2008

From: APACHE III outcome prediction in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Age, yrs, mean (S.D)

51.5 (10.8)

Male

579

Female

339

MELD*, mean (S.D)

25.0 (7.7)

Caucasian

784 (85.5%)

Total anesthesia time (mins.), median (IQR)

384 (326, 449)

Total surgical time (mins.), median (IQR)

297 (240, 361)

Total anhepatic time (mins.), median (IQR)

75 (63, 89)

Intraop PRBCs (units), median (IQR)

5.0 (3.0, 8.0)

APS, mean (S.D.)

50.8 (23.6)

APIII, mean (S.D.)

60.5 (25.8)

Pred. number of ICU deaths (% of total)

67 (7.3%)

Actual number of ICU deaths (% of total)

10 (1.1%)

Pred. ICU LOS, median days (IQR)

4.4 (3.4, 5.7)

Actual ICU LOS, median days (IQR)

1.2 (0.9, 2.0)

Pred. number Hosp. deaths (% of total)

97 (10.6%)

Actual number Hosp. deaths (% of total)

31 (3.4%)

Pred. Hosp LOS days, median (IQR)

15.9 (13.1, 22.6)

Actual Hosp. LOS days, median (IQR)

10.4 (8.3, 18.9)

Pred Vent days, median (IQR)

3.5 (2.3, 4.1)

Survival to ICU discharge, number (% of total)

908 (98.9%)

Survival to hospital discharge, number (% of total)

887 (96.6%)

  1. *MELD data are for 514 patients
  2. Pred. = Predicted
  3. LOS = Length of stay
  4. S.D. = Standard deviation
  5. IQR = Interquartile range
  6. Hosp. = Hospital
  7. ICU = Intensive Care Unit
  8. LOS = Length of stay
  9. APS = Acute Physiology Score
  10. APII = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III
  11. Intra-op PRBCs = Intraoperative packed red blood cells
  12. MELD = Model for end-stage liver disease
  13. Mins. = minutes
  14. Yrs = years