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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2009; 15(24): 3015-3024
Published online Jun 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3015
Table 3 Changes in laboratory parameters during MARS treatment in different liver failure subgroups
Before MARSAfter MARSPercent changePBefore MARSAfter MARSPercent changePBefore MARSAfter MARSPercent changeP
Toxic ALF (n = 63)Unknown-cause ALF (n = 41)Other ALF (n = 9)
Hemoglobin g/L110 (77-170)100 (59-136)-9< 0.001110 (74-146)98 (71-134)-110.00198 (80-131)88 (82-120)-10NS
Leucocytes 109/L8.6 (1.0-29.2)8.7 (2.4-33.9)1NS8.9 (2.8-21.9)8.4 (2.9-42.5)-6NS7.6 (2.6-41)11.4 (1.7-30.6)50NS
Platelets 109/L130 (11-438)80 (9-349)-38< 0.001140 (48-511)74 (25-327)-47< 0.00197 (37-248)85 (19-184)-120.04
CRP g/L9 (5-157)15 (5-186)67< 0.0018 (5-120)10 (5-142)250.00630 (5-331)33 (5-148)10NS
Creatinine &mgr;mol/L79 (35-1318)51 (17-585)-35< 0.00184 (36-572)54 (17-337)-36< 0.00185 (57-567)53 (23-149)-380.02
Urea mmol/L4.8 (0.8-31.2)1.7 (0.2-11.7)-65< 0.0016.3 (1.0-25.6)1.8 (0.8-58)-71< 0.00112.0 (4.2-29.3)4.3 (1.0-6.7)-640.01
NH4-ion &mgr;mol/L75 (18-512)55 (3.5-258)-26< 0.00175 (24-244)56 (20-309)-250.00681 (8-317)45 (17-176)-45NS
Bilirubin &mgr;mol/L84 (4-761)97 (6-355)15 0.05472 (35-725)301 (10-570)-36< 0.001372 (62-694)190 (94-348)-49NS
AST U/L842 (15-24360)282 (15-5240)-67< 0.001427 (50-18140)183 (19-4080)-57< 0.001600 (37-12640)83 (43-2227)-86NS
ALT U/L1120 (11-12500)565 (5-9970)-50< 0.001550 (71-11946)174 (33-7790)-68< 0.001217 (22-6710)171 (21-1321)-210.04
γ-GT U/L72 (8-2139)55 (9-1279)-24 0.01106 (20-503)49 (5-238)-54< 0.001157 (21-1422)62 (22-1010)-61NS
FV %33 (5-201)51 (5-149)55 0.0733 (5-119)23 (7-101)-33NS55 (7-100)53 (26-127)-3NS
AT3 %44 (15-125)41 (15-122)-6  0.00226 (15-78)27 (15-68)4NS32 (19-110)33 (18-92)3NS
TT (%)22 (6-80)30 (6-112)36NS17 (6-44)18 (6-68)3NS26.5 (6-53)36 (16-52)36NS
INR2.5 (1.1-7.7)2 (1.0-9.9)-20NS3.1 (1.5-9.9)2.8 (1.5-10)-10NS2.3 (1.4-5.5)1.8 (1.4-3)-22NS
Alcohol-related AOCLF (n = 45)Other AOCLF (n = 17)Graft failure (n = 11)
Hemoglobin g/L101 (59-129)94 (75-123)-7 0.0196 (71-130)91 (75-104)-5NS96 (86-117)99 (71-123)3NS
Leucocytes 109/L17.2 (5-39.3)16.7 (2.1-45.7)-3NS10 (1.4-30.7)5.7 (1.3-30)-43 0.019.5 (1.7-14.9)8.8 (2.1-20.8)-7NS
Platelets 109/L129 (15-508)83 (6-349)-36< 0.00182 (27-238)57 (19-215)-300.00481 (27-453)83 (16-206)2NS
CRP g/L32 (5-110)38 (5-160)19NS35 (5-67)38 (5-110)90.0122 (6-172)23 (9-64)5NS
Creatinine &mgr;mol/L167 (49-686)65 (20-216)-61< 0.001210 (29-325)52 (17-149)-75< 0.001159 (39-301)70 (22-121)-560.003
Urea mmol/L17.5 (1.8-56.5)3.5 (0.7-18.3)-80< 0.00116.9 (3.2-27.4)3.1 (1.2-12.3)-82< 0.00116.5 (6.0-32.3)4.7 (1.3-10.0)-720.004
NH4-ion &mgr;mol/L73 (12-311)60 (23-144)-18 0.0589 (19-223)62 (21-96)-300.0347 (17-177)32 (25-69)-32NS
Bilirubin &mgr;mol/L513 (17-840)271 (14-499)-47< 0.001481 (278-909)283 (134-530)-410.001311 (107-720)223 (74-348)-280.009
AST U/L156 (27-4540)140 (13-1959)-10  0.002210 (31-1230)144 (58-1222)-310.03321 (27-12560)226 (53-87380)-30NS
ALT U/L74 (9-2904)69 (8-2480)-7< 0.001100 (18-681)85 (27-286)-160.07722 (38-9460)4400 (48-25120)509NS
γ-GT U/L198 (29-1086)147 (19-810)-26< 0.00169 (19-429)61 (12-342)-12NS180 (26-2385)174 (34-1619)-3NS
FV %53 (8-125)46 (8-131)-12< 0.00134 (7-124)26 (8-124)-240.00579 (7-131)77 (13-107)-3NS
AT3 %34 (13-88)29 (15-67)-13  0.00129 (15-100)23 (15-100)-210.0154 (15-137)56 (17-104)-4NS
TT (%)22 (9-135)17 (6-49)-23 0.0220 (6-96)17 (6-73)-15NS42 (8-139)47 (20-113)-12NS
INR2.4 (1.3-5.6)2.9 (1.3-9.9)21 0.032.4 (1-8.5)2.9 (1.1-8.5)210.011.5 (0.9-6.4)1.5 (1.0-2.8)0NS