Impact of donor sodium levels on clinical outcomes in liver transplant recipients: a systematic review.

We performed a systematic review of the literature to examine the effects of donor sodium levels on liver graft function and recipient survival, as well as to identify the optimal serum sodium target in donors. We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane, and trial registries from 1946 to May 2019 for studies that evaluated the effect of serum sodium levels in neurologically deceased liver donors on transplant outcomes. We used a two-step review process with …