Fig. 2. Results of laboratory tests from the patient's first hospitalization to the follow-up. After transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) combined with haemoperfusion, liver function and coagulation function improved, ascites caused by portal hypertension decreased and the serum ammonia level was reduced to a relatively low level. The red arrows represent the date TIPS was performed.

PT–prothrombin time; TB–total bilirubin; ALB–albumin; AC–abdominal circumference; AMON–ammonia