Table 1.
n |
Gender |
Age | ALT | Bilirubin | Creatinine | PT | WBC | Liver | Outcome | |
Male | Female | mean ± SD | (10-50 IU/L) | (< 17 μmol/L) | (45-110 μmol/L) | (8-12 s) | (4.3-10.8 ×109 cells/L) | failure1 | ||
80 | 36 (45%) | 44 (55%) | 38.7 ± 14.1 | 5112 ± 3492 | 118 ± 96 | 181 ± 136 | 52 ± 34 | 9.96 ± 6.51 | 47 (58.8%) | SWOTX 54 (67.5%) SWTX 11 (18.3%) Died 15 (13.8%) |
Defined as loss of hepatic cellular function and subsequent development of coagulopathy, jaundice and encephalopathy. Normal range indicated in brackets. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; PT: Prothrombin time; WBC: White blood cell; SWOTX: Survived without transplant; SWTX: Survived with transplant.