The combination of MELD score and ICG liver testing predicts length of stay in the ICU and hospital mortality in liver transplant recipients

Table 3 ICU and hospital stay grouped data

	ICU stay ≤4 days	ICU stay >4 days	p	Hospital stay ≤37 days	Hospital stay >37 days	p
	(n = 23)	(n = 27)		(n = 37)	(n = 13)
Age (yrs)	50 (45-58)	55 (48 - 61)	0.11	50 (45 - 58)	58 (51 - 63)	0.033
BMI (kg/m²)	23.8 (21.1-26.6)	26.4 (25.0 - 28.6)	0.04	25.4 (22.7 - 28.5)	25.5 (24.2 - 26.2)	0.72
MELD	14 (86-27)	26 (18 - 32)	0.007	18 (10 - 26)	28 (26 - 34)	<0.001
ICG-PDR (%/min)¹	23.4 (18.7-26.7)	16.6 (8.8 - 22.8)	0.001	22.8 (15.5 - 25.3)	17.6 (10.1 - 20.8)	0.08
Bilirubin (μmol/l)²	94 (22-149)	133 (61 - 214)	0.03	88 (37 - 156)	162 (116 - 214)	0.008
Factor V (%)³	71 (41-92)	45 (27 - 66)	0.03	53 (30 - 73)	66 (49 - 83)	0.35

Data expressed as median (25^th - 75^th Percentile). Footnotes: ¹) determined within 6 hours after ICU admission, ²) peak values within 7 days, ³) after 24 hours.

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