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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Main conventional laboratory parameters of liver function before and after paracentesis (overall time interval of 24 h)

From: Large-volume paracentesis effects plasma disappearance rate of indo-cyanine green in critically ill patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and intraabdominal hypertension

Conventional laboratory tests of hepatic function

 

Before paracentesis

After paracentesis

p value

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

7.8 (3.3–19.0)

7.6 (2.5–21.4)

0.868

INR

1.8 (1.4–2.2)

1.8 (1.4–2.5)

0.094

  1. INR international normalized ratio
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