Table 7.

Results from testing of blood samples for various factors in patients aged 2 to 5 years.

	Pediatric normal values∗	LifeDrops + ORS		Distilled water + ORS
		N = 22		N = 18
		Baseline	End of study	Baseline	End of study
		95% CI	95% CI	95% CI	95% CI
Blood total haematocrit (%)	33 to 42	31.9–37.0	33.2–36.2	32.9–35.7	26.8–32.6
Blood total count Leucocyte (K/mcL)	4 to 11	7.8–11.7	7.8–11.4	9.3–12.5	7.8–19.3
Blood total count Neutrophil (%)	30 to 60	58.8–70.4	27.3–53.5	48.1–61.4	21.8–50.6
Blood total count Lymphocyte (%)	25 to 50	12.6–29.6	32.8–56.1	27.9–39.5	26.6–62.6
Total eosinophil (%)	0 to 6	0.1–0.5	3.2–12.5	0.3–3.3	3.4–16.3
Sodium (mmol/L)	135 to 145	133.4–136.7	135.1–137.2	133.4–136.5	136.0–137.8
Potassium (mmol/L)	3.5 to 6.3	3.4–4.0	3.6–4.2	3.6–4.2	3.2–3.9
Chloride (mmol/L)	95 to 112	104.3–106.8	102.6–105.3	102.7–107.3	104.1–107.0
Total carbon dioxide (mEq/L)	18 to 27	15.6–19.3	21.3–24.5	15.1–19.3	20.4–23.2
Serum anion gap (mEq/L)	4 to 20	14.2–17.4	12.4–14.3	14.9–19.7	12.1–14.6
Serum creatinine (mmol/L)	14 to 34	24.8–29.6	19.8–22.9	23.7–31.9	20.1–24.8
Serum ALT (SGPT) (U/L)	12 to 78	17.1–23.8	19.6–26.5	18.9–30.8	19.6–33.2
Serum AST (SGOT) (U/L)	8 to 60	33.7–41.5	36.2–48.1	36.1–50.5	33.8–45.4

^∗Mayo Clinic Pediatric test reference values.