Respiratory Complications Among Living Liver-donors

Ain Shams University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Complication of Anesthesia

Treatments: Procedure: Collection of data

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03862664

FAMSU R37/2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently, there are increasing reports about pulmonary complications within living liver donors postoperatively. In this retrospective study, the investigators will highlight the risk factors and incidence of pulmonary complication among living liver-donors in our center.

Enrollment: 124 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Excellent general physical and mental condition,
• Free of chronic disease or
• Previous major abdominal surgery,
• Body mass index (BMI) <28,
• ABO blood group identical to recipients and
• Negative for hepatitis B, C and human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV).

Exclusion criteria

• ASA physical status> II,
• BMI>28,
• Psychiatric or mental retardation,
• pregnant and nursing women or
• Patients with significant laboratory abnormalities