Best blood sample draw site during liver transplantation.
BACKGROUND
The present study sought to identify whether there were higher inflammatory cytokine levels in blood samples drawn from the pulmonary artery, radial artery, portal vein, or reperfused graft during each transplantation phase to determine the best site.


METHODS
We examined 39 consecutive patients undergoing liver transplantation for their blood cytokine levels at various sites. Comparison of levels permitted us to select the best blood sample draw site, considering the best site to be the one showing the highest cytokine levels.


RESULTS
During hepatectomy and neohepatic phases, the best site was the radial artery; during the anhepatic phase, the portal vein; and during reperfusion, the reperfused graft.


CONCLUSIONS
The radial artery constituted, an optimal sample draw site, considering the best one to show the highest cytokine levels.
Duran
J Arranz
JA
Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario NS de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain. javierarranz@telefonica.net
González
A Arteaga
AA
García
D Domínguez
DD
Falcón
R Calvo
RC
Pereda
P Sanz
PS
Navarro
J
J
Alvárez
S Méndez
SM
Cobaleda
I García
IG
Jaime
A Aguirre
AA
González
I Arteaga
IA
Bosque
A Varona
AV
Gómez
M Barrera
MB
Benítez de Lugo
A Soriano
AS
D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000097:blood; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000097:blood; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011169:Portal Vein; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D017534:Radial Artery; D015424:Reperfusion; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood
D016207:Cytokines; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha