Role of Early Extubation in Decreasing Morbidity and Mortality in Liver Transplantation.

Background: Early extubation is a fundamental element integrated into enhanced recovery protocols in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The aim is to evaluate whether early extubation influences short- and medium-term postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Methods: A cohort of 209 patients who underwent OLT in a tertiary hospital in a period from January 2016 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

Impact of the Acute and Chronic Liver Failure-Sequential Evaluation of Organ Failure Scoring System on the Prognosis of Liver Transplant.

Background: The use of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) to predict morbidity and mortality after orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is controversial. Acute and chronic liver failure-sequential evaluation of organ failure (CLIF-SOFA) is a new score that assess the patient's global status and that have been developed exclusively for patients with end-stage liver disease. The objective is to evaluate whether the CLIF-SOFA system predicts postoperative morbidity and mortality in the short and medium term.