Prognostic Impact of Peritransplant Serum Sodium Concentrations in Liver Transplantation.

CONCLUSIONS Rapid change in the sodium level might be caused by large amounts of blood transfusion products. This leads to a diminished short-term survival, as well as a higher rate of neurological complications.
PMID: 31308357 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Transplantation - July 15, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Mihaylov P, Nagai S, Ekser B, Mangus R, Fridell J, Kubal C Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research