Subjects were 17 patients who underwent LDLT. In the perioperative peripheral venous blood, was measured Et activity (EA) using the endotoxin activity assay at 1 or 2?d before LT, and then on 1, 5, 7, 14, and 21 postoperative days.
Patients with infections had significantly higher EA levels compared with those without complications before LDLT and 14 postoperative days (P = 0.038 and 0.027, respectively). The average EA level of patients with infections and without complications before LT was 0.22 and 0.08, respectively (P = 0.038). Patients with an EA level higher than 0.20 before LDLT had a significantly longer period of hospitalization compared with those without complications (P = 0.038).
A preoperative EA level more than 0.20 is a high risk factor for post-transplant infection and a prolonged period of hospitalization.