Table 2.

Laboratory markers of liver injury and sepsis--associated cholestasis

		sham	sepsis
	Unit	mean ± SEM	mean ± SEM
Cumulative bile flow	μl·kg-1·min-1	45.0 ± 5.0	20.3 ± 3.5a
GGT	IU/l	3.4 ± 0.6	13.2 ± 2.1a
ALT	IU/l	32 ± 5.2	90.6 ± 16.8a
Total bilirubin	μmol/l	7.1 ± 0.6	15.2 ± 1.3a

^aP < 0.05 compared to sham. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl-transferase; SEM, standard error of the mean. N = 12 per group.