Table 6.

Results from testing of blood samples for various factors in patients aged 6 to 23 months.

	Pediatric normal values∗	LifeDrops + ORS		Distilled water + ORS
		N = 21		N = 23
		Baseline	End of study	Baseline	End of study
		95% CI	95% CI	95% CI	95% CI
Blood total haematocrit (%)	33 to 42	31.4–33.4	Not reported	31.1–33.6	Not reported
Blood total count leucocyte (K/mcL)	4 to 11	10.1–14.5	Not reported	10.9–14.3	Not reported
Blood total count Neutrophil (%)	30 to 60	33.9–49.4	Not reported	37.2–51.7	Not reported
Blood total count Lymphocyte (%)	25 to 50	39.1–55.3	Not reported	37.6–50.8	Not reported
Total eosinophil (%)	0 to 6	0.46–1.73	Not reported	0.9–3.2	Not reported
Sodium (mmol/L)	135 to 145	136.7–139.5	134.5–136.6	135.4–142.4	133.6–135.9
Potassium (mmol/L)	3.5 to 6.3	4.1–4.6	4.2–4.6	4.1–4.5	3.9–4.5
Chloride (mmol/L)	95 to 112	108.4–112.8	104.0–107.0	107.4–114.2	104.4–107.1
Total carbon dioxide (mEq/L)	18 to 27	14.7–18.2	19.7–23.6	15.3–18.7	18.4–20.9
Serum anion gap (mEq/L)	4 to 20	14.4–16.4	11.8–13.9	13.5–16.3	12.5–14.7
Serum creatinine (mmol/L)	14 to 34	22.9–26.4	18.7–21.9	21.7–26.7	18.8–22.2
Serum ALT (SGPT) (U/L)	12 to 78	23.2–34.1	25.4–38.2	17.9–29.8	22.1–31.7
Serum AST (SGOT) (U/L)	8 to 60	42.8–52.8	50.8–67.6	38.1–47.4	47.1–55.8

^∗Mayo Clinic pediatric test reference values.