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Table 1 Laboratory data

From: New foe treated with old guns – supportive role of steroids in the treatment of acute severe hepatitis E

Variable

Reference range

On admission

2nd day (starting steroid treatment)

After 1 week

After 3 weeks

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

14.0-17.5

15.0

13.7

14.4

14.2

White-cell count

3.8-11.0

4.6

3.4

7.2

10.6

(per mm3)

Platelet count

150-400

113

111

226

128

(per mm3)

International normalized ratio

 

2.01

2.14

1.67

1.17

Urea nitrogen (mg/dl)

8-26

13

9

11

16

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.6-1.3

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.2

Bilirubin total (mg/dl)

<1.2

7.7

8.7

9.4

4.4

Alkaline phosphatase (U/l)

40-129

154

125

139

161

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/l)

<65

312

242

391

345

Alanine aminotransferase (U/l)

10-50

6635

4963

1331

200

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/l)

10-50

5133

2950

96

55

Lactate dehydrogenase (U/l)

87-241

1144

592

243

201

Albumin (g/l)

35-50

33

26

26

30