Prognostic factors influencing outcome in adult liver transplantation using hypernatremic organ donation after brain death.

Background: Hypernatremic donors was regarded as the expanded criteria donors in liver transplantation. The study was to investigate the effects of donor hypernatremia on the outcomes of liver transplantation and identify the prognostic factors possibly contributing to the poor outcomes.

Methods: Donor serum sodium levels before procurement were categorized as normal sodium (< 155 mmol/L), moderate high sodium (155-170 mmol/L), and severe high sodium (≥ 170 mmol/L).