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Results of blood tests in a patient with hepatic hydrothorax and a chest drain
| Variable
|
On admission
|
Day 4
|
Day 12
|
Day 20*
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urea (mmol/l) | 7.8 | 14.3 | 21.0 | 29.3 |
| Creatinine (μmol/l) | 88.4 | 97.2 | 124.0 | 141.0 |
| Sodium (mmol/l) | 137.0 | 123.0 | 119.0 | 114.0 |
| Albumin (g/l) | 28.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 19.0 |
The patient was transferred to a hospital with facilities for transjugular hepatic portosystemic shunting.
