Table 4.
Age and baseline (before TIPS implantation) biochemical tests and prognostic scores of patients receiving early (within 30 days) or delayed TIPS treatment after the clinical onset of Budd–Chiari syndrome. Values are the mean ± SD (median, range).
| Variable | Early TIPS n = 10 |
Delayed TIPS n = 15 |
Significance (p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 39.7 ± 13.5 (40.8; 16.1–58.3) |
38.9 ± 12.6 (39.0; 17.3–63.3) |
0.868 |
| Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 3.1 ± 3.6 (1.6; 0.6–11.6) |
1.6 ± 0.7 (1.5; 0.5–3.1) |
0.663 |
| Aspartate-Aminotransferase (AST, U/L) | 551 ± 635 (370; 29–2110) |
35 ± 27 (29; 14–101) |
0.001 |
| Lactate-Dehydrogenase (LDH, U/L) | 615 ± 723 (370; 120–2476) |
285 ± 165 (228; 164–663) |
0.074 |
| International normalized ratio (INR) | 2.0 ± 0.9 (1.6;1.2–4) |
1.4 ± 0.4 (1.3; 1–2.7) |
0.020 |
| White blood cells (109/L) | 19.1 ± 7.9 (21; 8.4–31) |
8.8 ± 3.3 (8.4; 5.5–18.7) |
0.001 |
| Platelet count ×103 | 233 ± 140 (201;73–520) |
343 ± 196 325;112–778) |
0.219 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.2 ± 0.8 (0.9; 0.6–3.3) |
1.0 ± 0.4 (0.9; 0.5–2.1) |
0.074 |
| Child-Pugh score | 9.3 ± 2.3 (10; 6–12) |
8.1 ± 2.3 (7.5; 6–11) |
0.221 |
| MELD score | 17.4 ± 10.1 (14; 8–38) |
12.2 ± 4.3 (11; 7–22) |
0.190 |
| Clichy score | 6.5 ± 1.0 (6.3; 5.2–8.8) |
5.4 ± 1.0 (5.2; 3.5–7.1) |
0.032 |
| Rotterdam score | 2.8 ± 0.9 (2.2; 1.8–3.9) |
2.1 ± 0.5 (1.9; 1.7–3.3) |
0.030 |