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Table 2 Improvement of laboratory parameters after treatment in 32 patients with crush injury

From: Management of severe crush injury in a front-line tent ICU after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China: an experience with 32 cases

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

P

LDH (u/L)

5725 ± 1859

736 ± 1182

0.000

ALT (u/L)

258 ± 164

69 ± 25

0.000

Potassium (mmol/L)

5.4 ± 2.4

3.8 ± 1.2

0.000

Creatinine (umol/L)

794 ± 85

261 ± 67

0.000

CK (u/L)

4697 ± 359

2281 ± 263

0.000

BUN (mmol/L)

32.6 ± 12.8

12.7 ± 8.7

0.000

Severity of urine protein

++ to ++++

± to +

0.000

  1. ALT = alanine aminotransferase; BUN = blood urea nitrogen;CK = creatine kinase; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase.