New Biliary Atresia Study Findings Has Been Reported by a Researcher at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (Postoperative Bloodstream Infection Is Associated with Early Vascular Complications in Pediatric Liver Transplant …): Biliary Tract Diseases and Conditions – Biliary Atresia

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2023 NOV 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech News Daily -- New study results on biliary atresia have been published. According to news originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Bloodstream infection (BSI) after pediatric liver transplantation (PLT) is a common and severe complication that affects patient survival.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “Children with biliary atresia (BA) are at an increased risk for clinically significant infections. This study evaluated the impact of post-PLT BSI on clinical outcomes in children with BA. A total of 67 patients with BA aged <18 years who underwent PLT between April 2006 and September 2020 were analyzed and divided into two groups according to the occurrence of post-PLT BSI within 1 month (BSI vs. no BSI = 13 [19.4%] vs. 54 [80.6%]). The BSI group was significantly younger at the time of PLT and had a higher frequency of BSI at the time of PLT than the no BSI group. Early vascular complications within 3 months and reoperations were significantly more frequent in the BSI group.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that bacteremia within 1 month of PLT and graft-to-recipient weight ratio >4% were significantly associated with vascular complications. In conclusion, BSI after PLT is associated with increased vascular complications and reoperations. Proper control of bacterial infections and early liver transplantation before uncontrolled BSI may reduce vascular complications and unexpected reoperations in children with BA.”

For more information on this research see: Postoperative Bloodstream Infection Is Associated with Early Vascular Complications in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients with Biliary Atresia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023,12(21). (Journal of Clinical Medicine - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm). The publisher for Journal of Clinical Medicine is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12216760.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Ho Jong Jeon, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang 10444, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Ji-Man Kang, Hong Koh, Myoung Soo Kim, Kyong Ihn.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the authors of this research: Hong Koh (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3660-7483), Myoung Soo Kim (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8975-8381), Kyong Ihn (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-0078).