Table 2.
Current Liver Function and Maintenance Therapy in 10 Patients.
| Patient No. | Age/Sex | Time after Surgery | Current Liver Function | Serum Creatinine | Maintenance Therapy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum Bilirubin | Alkaline Phophatase | Sgot* | Cyclosporin | Prednisone | ||||
| mo | mg/dl (μmol/liter | units/liter | mg/dl (mmol/liter) | mg/kg/day | mg/day | |||
| 1 | 28/F | 14½ | 1.2 (20.5) | 155 | 21 | 1.6 (141) | 7.9 | 20 |
| 2 | 25/M | 14½ | 1.3 (22.2) | 477 | 48 | 1.8 (159) | 5.1 | 15 |
| 3 | 37/F | 14 | 0.5 (8.6) | 136 | 35 | 1.0 (88) | 9.5 | 10 |
| 4† | 20/F | 14 | 2.2 (37.6) | 55 | 10 | 4.6 (407) | 5.1 | 5 |
| 5 | 41/F | 13½ | 0.3 (5.1) | 332 | 93 | 1.3 (115) | 9.1 | 10 |
| 7 | 26/M | 12½ | 1.2 (20.5) | 141 | 38 | 2.0 (177) | 9.8 | 10 |
| 8 | 21/F | 12 | 1.1 (18.8) | 52 | 26 | 1.0 (88) | 6.8 | 15 |
| 9 | 16/F | 9 | 1.7 (29.1) | 151 | 49 | 1.3 (115) | 9.8 | 10 |
| 10 | 28/F | 9 | 2.4 (41.0) | 220 | 67 | 1.6 (141) | 7.7 | 12.5 |
| 12 | 10/F | 8 | 0.8 (13.7) | 863 | 39 | 0.5 (44) | 7.1 | 10 |
*
Serum aspartate aminotransferase.
†
This patient has recurrent Budd–Chiari syndrome with secondary renal dysfunction.