Impact of the serum ferritin concentration in liver transplantation

Taiichi Wakiya, Yukihiro Sanada, Taizen Urahashi, Yoshiyuki Ihara, Naoya Yamada, Noriki Okada, Yuta Hirata, Kenichi Hakamada, Yoshikazu Yasuda, Koichi Mizuta – 29 July 2015 – The serum ferritin (SF) concentration is a widely available and objective laboratory parameter. SF is also widely recognized as an acute‐phase reactant. The purpose of the present study was to identify the chronological changes in the recipient's SF concentration during liver transplantation (LT) and to clarify factors having an effect on the recipient's intraoperative SF level.

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