Table 2.

Improvement of laboratory parameters after treatment in 32 patients with crush injury

	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	P
LDH (u/L)	5725 ± 1859	736 ± 1182	0.000
ALT (u/L)	258 ± 164	69 ± 25	0.000
Potassium (mmol/L)	5.4 ± 2.4	3.8 ± 1.2	0.000
Creatinine (umol/L)	794 ± 85	261 ± 67	0.000
CK (u/L)	4697 ± 359	2281 ± 263	0.000
BUN (mmol/L)	32.6 ± 12.8	12.7 ± 8.7	0.000
Severity of urine protein	++ to ++++	± to +	0.000

ALT = alanine aminotransferase; BUN = blood urea nitrogen;CK = creatine kinase; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase.