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Table 2 Laboratory markers of liver injury and sepsis--associated cholestasis

From: Hepatic excretory function in sepsis: implications from biophotonic analysis of transcellular xenobiotic transport in a rodent model

  

sham

sepsis

 

Unit

mean ± SEM

mean ± SEM

Cumulative bile flow

μl·kg-1·min-1

45.0 ± 5.0

20.3 ± 3.5a

GGT

IU/l

3.4 ± 0.6

13.2 ± 2.1a

ALT

IU/l

32 ± 5.2

90.6 ± 16.8a

Total bilirubin

μmol/l

7.1 ± 0.6

15.2 ± 1.3a

  1. aP < 0.05 compared to sham. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl-transferase; SEM, standard error of the mean. N = 12 per group.
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