Table 2.

Clinical chemistry.

Parameter	Hours	LT (n = 6)	PH (n = 6)	P1	PH/TIPS (n = 6)	P1
Albumin (g/l)	0	39 [30 – 43]	40 [38 – 43]	0.485	41 [35 – 41]	0.818
	24	42 [33 – 43]	38 [35 – 39]	0.329	36 [31 – 39]	0.082
	48	39 [31 – 42]	39 [34 – 41]	0.931	36 [33 – 40]	0.429
	72	38 [28 – 40]	36 [30 – 39]	0.589	32 [28 – 35]	0.132
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0	0.2 [0.2 – 0.2]	0.2 [0.2 – 0.2]	1.000	0.2 [0.2 – 0.2]	1.000
	24	0.2 [0.2 – 0.4]	0.7 [0.3 – 1.3]	0.009	1.1 [0.5 – 1.9]	0.004
	48	0.2 [0.2 – 0.4]	0.8 [0.4 – 1.5]	0.004	1.3 [0.3 – 5.7]	0.009
	72	0.2 [0.2 – 0.2]	0.6 [0.4 – 1.3]	0.002	1.7 [1.2 – 5.5]	0.002
AST (U/l)	0	21 [8 – 29]	13 [9 – 47]	0.537	16 [9 – 21]	0.310
	24	69 [38 – 200]	410 [271 – 685]	0.004	827 [206 – 1237]	0.004
	48	47 [33 – 147]	424 [157 – 860]	0.004	912 [729 – 2144]	0.004
	72	37 [21 – 94]	259 [102 – 642]	0.002	692 [363 – 1976]	0.002
ALT (U/l)	0	23 [18 – 47]	28 [18 – 67]	0.589	23 [18 – 37]	0.937
	24	33 [26 – 67]	87 [33 – 141]	0.030	90 [48 – 222]	0.017
	48	32 [23 – 55]	84 [32 – 174]	0.017	153 [72 – 1321]	0.004
	72	38 [17 – 48]	62 [28 – 108]	0.052	120 [71 – 207]	0.002

¹Comparison to LT with P < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney U test) considered significant. Values expressed as median [range]. Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; LT, laparotomy; PH, partial hepatectomy; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.