title: The clinical significance of the arterial ketone body ratio as an early indicator of graft viability in human liver transplantation.
abstract: Arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR) was measured sequentially in 84 liver transplantations (OLTx). These transplantation procedures were classified into 3 groups with respect to graft survival and patient condition at the end of the first month (Group A, the grafts survived longer than 1 month with satisfactory patient condition; Group B, the grafts survived longer than 1 month but the patients were ICU-bound; Group C, the grafts were lost and the patients died or underwent re-OLTx). In Group A, the AKBR was elevated to above 1.0 by the second postoperative day. In Group B, the AKBR was elevated to above 0.7 but stayed below 1.0 during this period. In Group C, the AKBR remained below 0.7 longer than 2 days after operation. Although conventional liver function tests showed significant increases in Groups B and C as compared with Group A, they were less specific in predicting ultimate graft survival.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asonuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takaya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selby
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Starzl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000097:blood*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D007657:Ketone Bodies