Table III.

Laboratory data prior to and after concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART).

Variables	Prior to CART	Following day	One week later	Two weeks later
Total protein (g/dl)	5.65±0.57	5.50±0.61	5.79±0.58	5.68±0.58
Albumin (g/dl)	2.80±0.76	2.77±0.79	2.78±0.87	2.88±0.69
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.81±0.23	0.67±0.20	0.86±0.34	0.78±0.24
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	10.88±3.01	9.36±2.93	10.91±2.78	10.59±3.19

Out of 51 sessions, 51, 40, 28 and 33 sessions were available for evaluation of laboratory data prior to CART, on the following day, one week later and two weeks later, respectively.