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@entity1 @entity2835 @entity410 @entity5881 @entity75 @entity16 @entity409
OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence and nature of @entity16 following liver transplantation. METHODS: Adult @entity1 who received liver transplants at St. James's University Hospital between September 1, 1990, and August 31, 2000, were identified. Case notes were reviewed and demographic data, details of the @entity409 , @entity16 , and discharge information were recorded. RESULTS: The authors identified 657 @entity1 and traced the case notes of 627 (95.4%). These @entity1 had a total of 711 transplants. @entity16 occurred following 185 transplants (26%) affecting 170 @entity1 (27%). The most common complications were diffuse @entity75 , which affected 66 @entity1 (11%), and @entity410 , which affected 37 @entity1 (6%). Forty-three percent of @entity1 with @entity5881 and 41% of @entity1 with @entity2835 experienced a @entity16 . These proportions were higher than for other transplant indications (p < 0.001). @entity1 who experienced a neurologic problem spent longer in hospital (p < 0.01) and had a poorer outcome (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: @entity16 occur following 26% of liver transplants. A higher proportion of @entity1 who received transplants for @entity5881 and @entity2835 experienced @entity16 than those receiving transplants for other reasons. @entity1 who experience a neurologic problem spend longer in hospital and have a poorer outcome.
