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Table 4 Shown are the most probable causes of death in our study population

From: Prognostic limitations of the Eurotransplant-donor risk index in liver transplantation

 Most probable causes of death:

%

cardiovascular event

12.2

cerebral: bleeding

2.1

cerebral: ischemia

4.7

data not available

10.5

de novo malignancy

3.2

gastrointestinal: ischemia

3.2

gastrointestinal: perforation

2.1

Infection: fungal

5.8

Infection: sepsis

21.1

intraabdominal bleeding

4.7

liver graft: biliary tract complications

12.2

liver graft: initial graft non-function

2.1

lung: ARDS

8.5

lung: pneumonia

3.2

polytrauma

0.6

social: suicide

0.6

tumor recurrence

3.2

Total deaths:

100.0

  1. (HBV = hepatitis B; HCV = hepatitis C; ARDS = Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome).