Table 3. Median value (95% CI) of leukocytes differential count and C-reactive protein in patients with or without liver disease admitted in intensive care unit (ICU).
| Parameters | No hepatopathic patients admitted in ICU |
Hepatopathic patients admitted in ICU |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No septic | Septic | Septic shock | No septic | Septic | Septic shock | ||
| Leukocytes (×109/L) | 9.45†¶ (9.06-9.92) | 13.92 (12.73-14.71) | 15.15 (12.43-18.82) | 7.03† (5.50-8.74) | 13.59 (12.75-14.39) | 10.80 (8.62-17.57) | |
| Neutrophils (×109/L) | 7.53†¶ (7.23-7.76) | 11.50 (10.79-12.61) | 13.08 (10.84-17.22) | 5.53† (4.41-7.18) | 11.03 (9.92-11.68) | 8.54 (6.40-15.85) | |
| Lymphocytes (×109/L) | 0.88‡¶ (0.84-0.92) | 0.89§¶ (0.82-0.99) | 0.39¶ (0.31-0.54) | 0.52† (0.38-0.60) | 1.61§ (1.12-1.81) | 0.66 (0.58-0.78) | |
| Monocytes (×109/L) | 0.70†¶ (0.65-0.74) | 0.88§ (0.81-0.99) | 0.43¶ (0.27-0.58) | 0.61† (0.45-0.67) | 1.07 (0.86-1.18) | 1.08 (0.80-1.55) | |
| Immature granulocytes (×109/L) | 0.14† (0.13-0.15) | 0.23¶ (0.18-0.29) | 0.34 (0.18-1.05) | 0.15† (0.10-0.25) | 0.52 (0.47-0.57) | 0.33 (0.24-0.49) | |
| Highly fluorescent cells (×109/L) | 0.01†¶ (0.01-0.01) | 0.02¶ (0.01-0.02) | 0.03¶ (0.02-0.04) | 0.01‡ (0.00-0.01) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0.04 (0.02-0.06) | |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | 6.8†¶ (5.5-7.7) | 12.8§¶ (11.6-14.4) | 17.2¶ (14.7-18.6 | 3.9‡ (2.2-4.7) | 9.6 (8.1-11.1) | 6.0 (4.8-7.3) | |
Statistically significant differences by Steel-Dwass-Critchlow-Fligner and by Kruskal-Wallis test with P<0.001: †, no septic vs. septic and septic shock; ¶, no hepatopathic vs. hepatopathic patients in the same class of parameters; ‡, no septic vs. septic shock; §, sepsis vs. septic shock.