Elevated effluent potassium concentrations predict the development of postreperfusion hyperkalemia in deceased liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of predictors for postreperfusion hyperkalemia in 86 consecutive deceased liver transplantation recipients

	Univariate logistic regression				Multivariate logistic regression
	Wald	OR	%95 CI	P	Wald	OR	%95 CI	P
Age (years)	0.720	0.982	0.942–1.024	0.396
Male (n)	0.210	0.804	0.316–2.047	0.647
Height (cm)	0.000	1.000	0.949–1.054	0.995
Weight (cm)	0.001	1.001	0.971–1.031	0.973
Child–Pugh score	2.908	0.870	0.742–1.021	0.088
MELD score	0.601	0.977	0.921–1.036	0.438
Graft weight (100 g)	6.512	1.276	1.058–1.540	0.011	4.911	1.283	1.029–1.599	0.027
GRWR (%)	2.249	1.796	0.835–3.862	0.134
Prereperfusion RBC transfused (units)	2.532	0.882	0.756–1.030	0.112
Anhepatic phase (min)	0.708	0.980	0.936–1.027	0.400
IVC clamping time (min)	0.004	0.998	0.938–1.062	0.949
WIT (min)	2.550	0.947	0.886–1.012	0.110
CIT (min)	0.722	1.001	0.998–1.005	0.395
sK⁺₀ (mmol/L)	4.515	2.536	1.075–5.983	0.034	7.627	4.459	1.543–12.844	0.006
eK⁺ (mmol/L)	8.162	1.286	1.082–1.529	0.004	6.983	1.291	1.068–1.561	0.008
ECD graft (n)	4.607	9.829	1.220–79.212	0.032

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, CIT cold ischemia time, ECD expanded criteria donor, eK⁺ effluent potassium concentration, GRWR graft-to-recipient weight ratio, IVC inferior vena cava, MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, OR odds ratio, RBC red blood cell, sK⁺₀ serum potassium concentration before reperfusion, WIT warm ischemia time

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