Komurcu, OzgurCamkiran, AynurKaplan, SerifeTorgay, AdnanPirat, ArashHaberal, MehmetArslan, Gulnaz2024-02-132024-02-1320151304-0855http://hdl.handle.net/11727/11492Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of intraoperative hyperglycemia on postoperative outcomes in orthotopic liver transplant recipients. Materials and Methods: After ethics committee approval was obtained, we retrospectively analyzed the records of patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplant from January 2000 to December 2013. A total 389 orthotopic liver transplants were performed in our center, but patients aged < 15 years (179 patients) were not included in the analyses. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on their maximum intraoperative blood glucose level: group 1 (patients with intraoperative blood glucose level < 200 mg/dL) and group 2 (patients with intraoperative blood glucose level > 200 mg/dL). Postoperative complications between the 2 groups were compared. Results: There were 58 patients (37.6%; group 1, blood glucose < 200 mg/dL) who had controlled blood glucose and 96 patients (62.3%; group 2, blood glucose > 200 mg/dL) who had uncontrolled blood glucose. The mean age and weight for groups 1 and 2 were similar. There were no differences between the 2 groups regarding the duration of anhepatic phase (P=.20), operation time (P=.41), frequency of immediate intraoperative extubation (P=.14), and postoperative duration of mechanical ventilation (P=.06). There were no significant differences in frequency of patients who had postoperative infectious complications, acute kidney injury, or need for hemodialysis. Mortality rates after liver transplant were similar between the 2 groups (P=.81) Conclusions: Intraoperative hyperglycemia during orthotopic liver transplant was not associated with an increased risk of postoperative infection, acute renal failure, or mortality.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessComplicationsEnd-stage liver diseaseGlucoseInfectionarticle13Supplement 13353390003550584000702-s2.0-84939811667