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Table 2 Biological features for the diagnosis of acute bowel ischemia

From: Biological scoring system for early prediction of acute bowel ischemia after cardiac surgery: the PALM score

Variables

Ischemia group (n = 48)

Non-ischemia (n = 96)

p value

After cardiovascular surgery

ASAT, IU/L, median (range)

106 (16–1980)

80 (14–1372)

0.30

ALAT, IU/L, median (range)

41 (3–1022)

35 (4–866)

0.69

Lactate, mmol/L, mean ± SD

2.8 ± 2.5

1.6 ± 0.9

0.005

Creatinine clearance, mL/min, mean ± SD

62.3 ± 25.8

80.4 ± 27.3

0.005

Based on diagnosis suspicion

Leukocytes, ×1000/mm3, mean ± SD

15.4 ± 7.6

11.7 ± 9.2

0.02

ASAT, IU/L, median (range)

2610 (27–12,964)

120 (13–4321)

< 0.001

ALAT, IU/L, median (range)

1200 (13–4464)

67 (9–2227)

< 0.001

Lipase, IU/L, median (range)

74 (4–956)

29 (8–235)

0.006

Amylase, IU/L, median (range)

553 (18–5981)

159 (9–1723)

< 0.001

Potassium, mmol/L, mean ± SD

5.8 ± 1.0

4.6 ± 0.7

0.005

Troponin, ÎĽg/L, median (range)

20 (0.02–361)

6 (0.01–95.29)

0.01

Myoglobin, ÎĽg/L, median (range)

8690 (107–94,187)

953 (50–25,480)

0.001

Creatine kinase, ÎĽg/L, median (range)

2402 (16–15,442)

1073 (12–19,197)

0.005

Lactate, mmol/L, mean ± SD

7.7 ± 5.7

3.1 ± 2.8

0.005

Procalcitonin (PCT), ÎĽg/L, median (range)

16 (0.45–103.93)

2.5 (0.07–57.15)

0.001

C reactive protein, mg/L, mean ± SD

194.3 ± 104.1

130.8 ± 81.3

0.005