Table 1.

Haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (HCT), platelet count, white cell count (WCC) and heme before and after 6 h of reperfusion

Parameters	Pre-perfusion			After 6 h of perfusion
	Control	Cytosorb	P value	Control	Cytosorb	P value
Hb (g/L)	45.2 ± 6.5	38.0 ± 5.2	0.115	37.0 ± 9.5	34.6 ± 7.6	0.626
HCT (L/L)	0.16 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01	0.046*	0.14 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.02	0.845
Platelets (10 × 9/L)	172 ± 27	106 ± 22	0.008*	106 ± 28	52 ± 26	0.003*
WCC (10 × 9/L)	2.6 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.1	0.611	1.7 ± 1.4	1.2 ± 0.7	0.262
Heme (pmol/L)	33.2 ± 1.6	33.1 ± 1.3	0.785	38.8 ± 9.3	67.6 ± 56.1	0.342

Kidneys were reperfused with autologous blood for 6 h on an ex vivo circuit * P <0.050