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Table 2 Main laboratory parameters before and after the extracorporeal treatments.

From: Extracorporeal cell therapy of septic shock patients with donor granulocytes: a pilot study

Parameter

Unit

Before extracorporeal treatment n= 20

After 6 h extracorporeal treatment n= 20

P-value

Inflammation

    

   Leukocytes

Gpt/l

12.2 ± 6.6

20.8 ± 12.4

P < 0.01

   Banded neutrophils

%

73 ± 11

70 ± 10

n.s.

   Segmented neutrophils

%

18 ± 11

18 ± 12

n.s.

   C-reactive protein

mg/l

190 ± 130

165 ± 119

P < 0.01

   Procalcitonin

ng/l

10.1 ± 23.4

6.8 ± 14.6

P < 0.01

   Endotoxin

pg/ml

16.4 ± 7.7

13.5 ± 5.5

P < 0.05

   Temperature

°C

36.86 ± 0.97

36.73 ± 0.87

n.s.

Hemodynamic

    

   Noradrenaline

μg/kg/minute

0.10 ± 0.12

0.08 ± 0.10

P< 0.05

   MAP

mmHg

76.9 ± 12.8

80.2 ± 9.8

n.s.

   Pulse

bpm

101 ± 19

101 ± 20

n.s.

Respiration

    

   PaO2

kPa

13.0 ± 3.1

13.4 ± 4.0

n.s.

   FiO2

%

40.8 ± 19.4

40.0 ± 16.3

n.s.

Coagulation

    

   INR

 

1.29 ± 0.25

1.44 ± 0.29

P < 0.01

   aPTT

sec

53.8 ± 50.2

85.8 ± 47.4

P < 0.05

   Antithrombin III

%

65.6 ± 16.8

58.4 ± 15.3

P < 0.01

   Fibrinogen

g/l

5.07 ± 2.25

4.62 ± 2.15

P < 0.01

   D-Dimere

μg/l

752 ± 505

853 ± 450

P < 0.05

   Platelets

Gpt/l

163 ± 130

169 ± 152

n.s.

Other

    

   Urea

mmol/l

13.5 ± 7.5

15.0 ± 8.4

P < 0.01

   Creatinin

μmol/l

129 ± 99

132 ± 108

n.s.

   Bilirubin

μmol/l

33.1 ± 44.2

35.4 ± 44.8

n.s.

  1. MAP, Mean arterial pressure; INR, International normalized ratio; aPTT, Activated partial thromboplastin time