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Table 1 Population characteristics for patients with infection (n = 17) and without infection (n = 24). Age, weight and peak serum PCT levels are represented as median with interquartile range. Ischemia times are represented as mean with 95% confidence interval. pLT: pediatric liver transplantation. ALF: acute liver failure. CI: confidence interval. IQR: interquartile range

From: Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation

 

No Infection N = 24 (%)

Infection N = 17 (%)

P value

DIAGNOSIS

Biliary atresia

12 (50)

6 (35.3)

0.35

Other cholestatic

1 (4.2)

1 (5.9)

1

ALF

3 (12.5)

1 (5.9)

0.60

Metabolic

3 (12.5)

1 (5.9)

0.60

Immunologic

1 (4.2)

2 (11.8)

0.56

Tumor

3 (12.5)

1 (5.9)

0.60

Other

1 (4.2)

5 (29.4)

0.06

Male

15 (62.5)

9 (52.9)

0.50

Female

9 (37.5)

8 (47.1)

0.50

Age at pLT (months)

26 (IQR 9-131)

45 (IQR 13-149)

0.80

Weight (kgs)

13.3 (IQR 7.6-38)

17 (IQR 8.5-40)

0.80

SURGICAL

Whole

10 (41.7)

10 (58.8)

0.27

Technical variant

14 (58.3)

7 (41.2)

0.27

Total ischemia time (min)

378 (CI 346-409)

416 (CI 355-476)

0.30

Warm ischemia time (min)

61 (CI 51-70)

54 (CI 43-63)

0.24

Peak PCT (ng/ml)

7.63 (IQR 3.6-10.3)

5.6 (IQR 3.9-10.8)

0.60