Table 2

Improvement of laboratory parameters after treatment in 32 patients with crush injury

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

P


LDH (u/L)

5725 ± 1859

736 ± 1182

0.000


ALT (u/L)

258 ± 164

69 ± 25

0.000


Potassium (mmol/L)

5.4 ± 2.4

3.8 ± 1.2

0.000


Creatinine (umol/L)

794 ± 85

261 ± 67

0.000


CK (u/L)

4697 ± 359

2281 ± 263

0.000


BUN (mmol/L)

32.6 ± 12.8

12.7 ± 8.7

0.000


Severity of urine protein

++ to ++++

± to +

0.000


ALT = alanine aminotransferase; BUN = blood urea nitrogen;CK = creatine kinase; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase.

Li et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R178   doi:10.1186/cc8160

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