Table 2.

Liver function tests in children with intrinsic liver disease who received a surgical portosystemic shunt

Patient	Diagnosis	INR	Albumin, g/dl	Sodium, mmol/l	Total bilirubin, mg/dl	Direct bilirubin, mg/dl	Platelets × 103/µl
1	Biliary atresia	1.2	1.8a	137	1.0	0.4	42
2	Biliary atresia	1.2	4.3	136	0.4	0	93
3	Biliary atresia	1.5	2.1a	135	0.6	0.2	97
4	Biliary atresia	1.3	2.5b	141	9.8b	N/A	81
5	Congenital hepatic fibrosis	1.2	4.2	138	1.7	0.4	110
6	Congenital hepatic fibrosis	1.2	3.8	138	0.2	0.4	81
7	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	1.3	3.7	139	2.9	1.7	59
8	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	1.6	2.9a	141	1.5	0.7	37
9	Autoimmune hepatitis	1.3	4.3	130	1.4	0.3	49
10	Wilson's disease	1.5	3	137	2.5	0.7	80
11	Cystic fibrosis	1.3	3.3	140	0.6	0.2	102
12	Lymphoma	1.3	2.1c	137	5.4c	5.2	50

^aLow albumin was noted acutely in association with gastrointestinal bleeding and was >3 mg/dl preceding the bleed and during follow-up after the surgical shunt procedure

^bPatient 4 had an emergency mesocaval shunt for a gastrointestinal bleed that could not be controlled medically

^cPatient 12 had a portosystemic shunt to facilitate chemotherapy for lymphoma

INR, international normalized ratio; N/A, not available