Hemostatic Markers as Predictors of Massive Blood Transfusion in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine which standard preoperative laboratory results correlate to intraoperative transfusion requirement during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 305 adult patients who underwent OLT between 2009 and 2013 using laboratory results: International Normalization Ratio, platelet count, fibrinogen, and hemoglobin and total blood transfusion requirements (group L ≤ 1 L, group M > 1 L). All statistical analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (IBM Corp.