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. 2012 Nov 21;33(2):272–277. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.173

Table 1. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of cirrhosis patients with an acute episode of HE at hospital admittance and 6 weeks after the HE episode (follow-up).

Study Admittance Follow-up
Number 18 14
Age (years) 60±10 59±11
Male/female 13/5 10/4
     
Etiology
 Hepatitis C virus 2 2
 Alcohol 8 5
 Hepatitis C virus+alcohol 3 3
 Other 5 4
     
HE gradea
 0 7 12
 I 5 2
 II 3 0
 IV 2 0
Child Pugh A/B/C 1/4/2 0/5/6
     
Biochemical parametersb
 Prothrombin activity (%) 53.2±13.9 64.0±17.2
 Sodium (mEq/L) 134.6±6.3 136.3±3.8
 Potassium (mEq/L) 4.0±0.6 4.4±0.3
 Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.1±0.7 0.9±0.3
 Total bilirubin (mg/dL) 2.8±1.0 2.2±1.1
 Conjugated bilirubin (mg/dL) 1.1±0.4 0.9±0.5
 Albumin (g/dL) 3.3±0.6 3.3±0.4
 Aspartate transaminase (IU/L) 58.6±48.8 68.5±59.3
 Alanine transaminase (IU/L) 36.9±32.3 47.7±40.2
 Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) 118.8±47.0 144.9±74.1
 Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (IU/L) 96.0±79.1 110.2±35.8
 Plasma ammonia concentration (μM) 105.8±53.5 89.5±47.8
a

West Haven criteria.

b

Determined in venous blood samples.

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