Abstract

Abstract To date, no data is available about procalcitonin (PCT) levels and its relevance to morbidity and graft function in the early phase after pediatric liver transplantation (pLTx). The aim of this study was to analyse the prognostic relevance of early postoperative PCT elevations in pediatric liver recipients. Thirty pediatric patients who underwent 32 liver transplantations were included into this observational single-center study. Patients with high PCT levels on postoperative day (POD) 2 had higher International Normalized Ratio values on POD 5 (p

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