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Table 3 Laboratory tests in patients (n = 11) undergoing liver transplantation

From: Albumin mass balance and kinetics in liver transplantation

 

Before Surgery

End of surgerya

POD 3

Blood hemoglobin (g/L)

113 (86; 166)

97 (77; 128)*

90 (72; 98)

Blood hematocrit (fraction)

0.339 ± 0.060

0.290 ± 0.043**

0.253 ± 0.032*

Blood thrombocyte count (*109/L)

93 (57; 313)

104 (55; 187)

56 (32; 184)**

Blood white blood cell count (×109/L)

5.7 ± 2.2

9.1 ± 3.4**

9.8 ± 4.2

Plasma C-reactive protein (mg/L)

4 (0.9; 39)

47 (19; 118)***

23 (11; 67)

Plasma creatinine (μmol/L)

75 (51; 126)

80 (49; 117)

83 (41; 373)

Plasma bilirubin (μmol/L)

25 (4; 195)

54 (28; 130)

25 (9; 131)*

Plasma aspartate transaminase (μkat/L)

1.14 (0.54; 3.19)

30 (6.1; 95)***

7.46 (2.88; 51)

Plasma alanine aminotransferase (μkat/L)

0.70 (0.34; 2.67)

18 (4.2; 61)***

9.47 (1.82; 44)

Prothrombine time - international standardized ratio

1.4 (1.0; 1.8)

2.3 (1.3; 3.3)**

1.5 (1.1; 3.6)**

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

5.7 (4.7; 19.4)

12.2 (10.8; 16.4)**

7.8 (4.9; 14.8)

  1. POD 3 postoperative day 3
  2. aEnd of surgery samples are taken at the intensive care unit at arrival, approximately 1 h after end of surgery, except for plasma C-reactive protein taken at 6 a.m. the next day. Statistical analysis was performed by repeated measures analysis of variance with Tukey’s post-hoc multiple comparisons test or Friedman’s test with Dunn’s multiple comparisons test as appropriate
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 compared to the preceding measurement time point
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