Effects of hemoperfusion adsorption and/or plasma exchange in treatment of severe viral hepatitis: A comparative study

Table 1 Comparison of liver function between pre- and post-therapy of hemoperfusion adsorption

	Pre-therapy	Post-therapy	t	P
ALT (IU/L)	80.3 ± 52.9	40.4 ± 15.2	2.628	< 0.01
AST (IU/L)	123.6 ± 57.8	79.9 ± 42.6	2.249	< 0.05
TB (μmol/L)	619.0 ± 193.9	403.3 ± 132.7	3.376	< 0.01
DB (μmol/L)	345.1 ± 125.4	233.6 ± 94.9	2.622	< 0.01
TSP (g/L)	63.9 ± 8.8	57.9 ± 8.7	1.359	> 0.05

ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, TB: total bilirubin, DB: direct bilirubin, TSP: total serum proteins.