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Table 1 Body temperature and laboratory values of selected biochemical parameters after hepatectomy.

From: A simple dummy liver assist device prolongs anhepatic survival in a porcine model of total hepatectomy by slight hypothermia

 

post-surgery

24 h

48 h

72 h

Exitus

 

Control group

Dummy device

Control group

Dummy device

Control group

Dummy device

Control group

Dummy device

Control group

Dummy device

Temperature (°C)

35.7 ± 0.3

35.8 ± 0.4

38.2 ± 0.7*

36.5 ± 0.5*

37.7 ± 1.3

37.1 ± 0.7

-

37.4 ± 0.4

38.1 ± 1.5

37.3 ± 2.0

Total protein (g/dL)

4.0 ± 0.9

3.9 ± 0.2

5.8 ± 1.0

4.9 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 1.0

-

6.3 ± 0.2

4.4 ± 1.7

4.0 ± 1.1

Albumin (g/dL)

2.4 ± 0.6

2.4 ± 0.1

3.3 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.3

2.8 ± 0.2

3.1 ± 0.5

-

3.5 ± 0

2.4 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 0.6

PT (%)

83 ± 25

97 ± 18

60 ± 17

41 ± 5

50 ± 17

56 ± 14

-

52 ± 4

43 ± 24

34 ± 11

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.3 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.1

2.6 ± 0.6*

1.4 ± 0.2*

-

2.1 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.7

Platelets (103/μL)

240 ± 112

331 ± 99

180 ± 59

215 ± 74

128 ± 79

137 ± 43

-

133 ± 63

90 ± 33

59 ± 29

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

9.5 ± 1.7

9.7 ± 1.7

8.8 ± 1.1

8.5 ± 0.7

6.7 ± 2.0

8.4 ± 1.1

-

8.8 ± 0.2

5.3 ± 1.5

6.5 ± 1.1

Ammonia (μg/dL)

310 ± 98

276 ± 93

411 ± 169

233 ± 65

1345 ± 700*

273 ± 122*

-

307 ± 210

2473 ± 1808

977 ± 499

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.2 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 0.4

2.8 ± 1.8

3.1 ± 0.9

-

3.8 ± 0

2.3 ± 1.9

2.3 ± 0.8

Leukocytes (103/μL)

12 ± 5

17 ± 3

24 ± 15

35 ± 11

23 ± 14

30 ± 11

-

27 ± 14

14 ± 6

9 ± 9

Lactate (mM)

2.9 ± 1.7

2.9 ± 1.7

3.7 ± 1.1*

2.2 ± 0.4*

7.4 ± 3.1*

2.9 ± 0.9*

 

4.6 ± 3.3

10.0 ± 3.3

8.7 ± 2.0

  1. The course of body temperature and values of selected laboratory parameters after surgery, 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours and at time of death. Bold values* indicates a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between the control and dummy device group. Values are reported as mean ± SD.