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Study Details AKI Prevalence, Risk Factors in Infant Liver Transplant Patients

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By Abigail Brooks, MA

60.2% of infant living-related liver transplant recipients developed AKI within 7 days of surgery and experienced more frequent serious complications, longer hospital stays, and a greater duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation compared to those who did not develop AKI.

Preoperative transfusion and decreased serum creatine levels are independently associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in infant living-related liver transplant recipients with biliary atresia, according to findings from a retrospective study. Read the full article in HCP Live.

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Response to treatment for AKI improved 90-day survival in patients waitlisted for LT

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By Kate Burba

BOSTON — Response to treatment for acute kidney injury correlated with improved 90-day survival and shorter lengths of hospital stay among patients with cirrhosis waitlisted for liver transplant, according to data at The Liver Meeting.

“[Acute kidney injury] in cirrhosis occurs commonly in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and leads to worse outcomes,” Xing Li, MD, MBA, a third-year gastroenterology fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, told Healio. Read the full article in Healio.

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