Ultrasound assessment of rectus femoris and anterior tibialis muscles in young trauma patients

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Laboratory data

	Day 0	Day 5	Day 10	Day 15	Day 20	SF versus HPF p value
BUN (mg/dl)
SF	12 [10–15]	17 [13–26]	20 [17–30]	25 [17–35]	24 [18–47]	0.51
HPF	13 [11–17]	18 [12–22]	23 [19–29]	20 [16–24]	30 [23–37]	0.51
Creatinine (mg/dl)
SF	0.8 [0.7–1]	0.6 [0.5–0.8]	0.6 [0.5–0.8]	0.6 [0.5–0.7]	0.6 [0.5–1.6]	0.46
HPF	1 [0.6–1.2]	0.7 [0.5–0.8]	0.6 [0.5–0.7]	0.6 [0.4–0.7]	0.7 [0.5–0.8]	0.46
Phosphate (mg/dl)
SF	2.7 [2–3.5]	2.9 [2.3–3.4]	3 [2.5–3.3]	3.5 [2.7–3.8]	3.5 [2.8–4.1]	0.41
HPF	3.1 [2.5–4]	2.9 [2.1–3.6]	3.5 [2.5–4]	3.4 [2.6–4.1]	3.6 [3.3–4]	0.41
Proteins (g/L)
SF	4.7 [3.9–6.1]	5.2 [4.7–5.6]	5.8 [5.2–6.3]	6.1 [5.3–6.5]	5.8 [5.2–6.4]	0.07
HPF	5.3 [5–5.7]	5.4 [5, 6]	5.8 [5.2–6.6]	6.4 [5.7–7.3]	7.3 [5.6–8.3]	0.07
Albumin (g/L)
SF	2.9 [2.4–3.4]*	2.6 [2.2–2.9]	2.6 [2.1–2.9]	2.8 [2.3–3]	2.5 [2.1–2.9]*	0.03
HPF	3.3 [3–3.6]*	2.7 [2.5–3.1]	2.7 [2.3–3.1]	3 [2.8–3.3]	3.1 [2.6–3.7]*	0.03

Data expressed ad median [interquartile range]
The overall p value refers to the comparison between the whole time series of changes SF versus HPF
* p < 0.05 for the comparison of SF versus HPF at each time point
See abbreviations in the text