Effects of a fish oil containing lipid emulsion on plasma phospholipid fatty acids, inflammatory markers, and clinical outcomes in septic patients: a randomized, controlled clinical trial

Table 4 Routine laboratory parameters in the two treatment groups

	Fish oil group				MCT/LCT group
	Admission (n = 13)	Day 1 (n = 13)	Day 2 (n = 13)	Day 6 (n = 11)	Admission (n = 10)	Day 1 (n = 10)	Day 2 (n = 10)	Day 6 (n = 10)
Leucocytes (10³/μL)	14.6 ± 7.4	16.2 ± 9.2	14.2 ± 6.8	11.8 ± 5.4	17.7 ± 13.2	18.6 ± 12.8	15.2 ± 9.7	12.0 ± 6.0
Platelets (10³/μL)	212 ± 158	180 ± 163	126 ± 138	138 ± 122	215 ± 131	241 ± 122	204 ± 109	223 ± 150
Partial thrombin time (seconds)	46.2 ± 14.8	55.9 ± 21.5	66.5 ± 41.5	77.1 ± 94.5	38 ± 18.8	44.6 ± 20.7	40.6 ± 12.8	34.8 ± 6.6
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	271 ± 136	286 ± 137	290 ± 159*	410 ± 94	428 ± 202	444 ± 184	481 ± 123	469 ± 76
Glucose (mg/dL)	149 ± 84	149 ± 53	206 ± 71	160 ± 35	139 ± 36	138 ± 48	177 ± 47	185 ± 69
CRP (mg/L)	177 ± 91	194 ± 110	215 ± 98	118 ± 53	182 ± 124	241 ± 105	239 ± 85	150 ± 108
AST (UI/L)	102 ± 99	86 ± 86	80 ± 64	48 ± 36	53 ± 41	51 ± 45	37 ± 33	37 ± 17
ALT (UI/L)	46.5 ± 51.4	40.3 ± 44.1	49.1 ± 52.8	45.9 ± 57.0	36.6 ± 29.7	32.2 ± 25.0	25.7 ± 20.6	77.0 ± 157.8
GGT (UI/L)	90.8 ± 107.9	89.5 ± 166.3	77.4 ± 134.2	129.9 ± 116.0	122.9 ± 120.0	92.3 ± 103.0	75.8 ± 75.2	103.4 ± 67.7
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.1 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.6	2.8 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.8

Data are mean ± SEM
CRP = C-reactive protein; AST = Aspartate transaminase; ALT = Alanine transaminase; GGT = γ-glutamyl transpeptidase
*P = 0.024 vs. MCT/LCT at the same timepoint

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