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Table 1 Selected Blood Chemistry Before and After Treatment with MARS Albumin Liver Dialysis

From: Life-threatening intoxication with methylene bis(thiocyanate): clinical picture and pitfalls. A case report

 

At admission (day 0)

Before first MARS session (day 16)

After first MARS session (day 17)

After last MARS session (day 23)

At discharge (day 69)

TBIL (mg/dl)

0.6

16.5

8.9

5.9

2.7

DBIL (mg/dl)

n.a.

13.0

n.a.

3.1

n.a.

ALAT (U/l)

23

50

n.a.

79

125

ASAT (U/l)

17

49

n.a.

34

59

Prothrombine time (%); [INR]

90 [0.98]

68 [1.51]*

64 [1.56]

95 [0.97]

99 [0.96]

CHE (U/l)

5577

2820

2237

2766

3667

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.04

5.70

2.78

3.48

1.42

  1. * 4 units of fresh frozen plasma had previously been administered.
  2. TBIL: total bilirubine; DBIL: direct bilirubine; ALAT: alanine aminotransferase; ASAT: aspartate aminotransferase; INR: international normalized ratio; CHE: cholinesterase; n.a.: not available