Pre-Liver Transplant ROTEM™ Clot Lysis Index Is Associated with 30-Day Mortality, But Is Not a Measure for Fibrinolysis
Open Access
- 13 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Vol. 9 (10), 3298
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103298
Abstract
Complex alterations of the coagulation system in end stage liver disease lead to an increased risk of bleeding and mortality. In the present study, we investigated; 1. the association of pre-liver transplant rotational thrombelastometry (ROTEM™) variables with bleeding as well as 30-day-mortality and 2. the underlying pathophysiology. After approval from the local ethics committee, rotational thrombelastometry variables, conventional laboratory coagulation values, MELD score (model of end-stage liver disease), red blood cell loss, blood product use, coagulation factors, underlying disease, and demographic data were retrospectively analysed. Pre-transplant thrombelastometry clot lysis index (CLI) and MELD were the only variables associated with mortality, bleeding and blood product use, respectively. Mortality was 4.2%, when CLI was 95%. Multivariate analysis including CLI and MELD score identified the CLI as an independent and the best predictor of 30-day-mortality. Interestingly, the inhibition of fibrinolysis did neither affect CLI nor the association of the variable with mortality. Thus, fibrinolysis can be excluded as the reason for low CLI values. In conclusion, low CLI values measured before the beginning of liver transplantation are associated with reduced bleeding and mortality, but do not indicate fibrinolysis.Keywords
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