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LONDONO U, Juan Fernando; AGUDELO B, Yuli; GUEVARA C, Gonzalo  y  CARDONA A, Doris. Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated with Survival Following Liver Transplantation in Patients over 14 Years of Age at the Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación from 2002 to 2013. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2016, vol.31, n.3, pp.208-215. ISSN 0120-9957.

Terminal liver diseases have high rates of incidence and prevalence throughout the world and result in more than 800,000 deaths annually. (1) The treatment for advanced liver disease is transplantation. Advances in surgical technique, proper selection of donors and recipients and development of immunosuppression have transformed transplantation into the best option for patients with end-stage liver disease. (2) Counting transplantation of organs of all types, Given all organs, in the Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación (HUSVF) was the leading transplant center in Colombia. (3) This study was conducted to redress the absence of information on transplant patient survival. This is a quantitative study conducted through a cohort follow-up with analysis of survival. All liver transplants performed at the hospital between 2002 and 2013 were included. Data were collected to determine one and five year survival rates at and the factors that explained them. The study included 391 transplants. The one year survival rate was 86.6% while the five year survival rate was 79.3%. One-year survival was explained by the CHILD classification, sodium levels prior to surgery, and time spent in the ICU. There were no statistically significant factors to explain the five year survival rate

Palabras clave : Liver; survival; liver transplantation.

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