Brief Reports
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2005; 11(6): 899-902
Published online Feb 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i6.899
Table 1 Patients’ demographics.
PE groupNon-PE group
Sex (male/female)Jul-53Mar-58
Age (yr)
Median (range)42 (18-65)40 (18-68)
Etiology (cases)
B4541
B+E1316
B+C24
Clinical type (cases)
Subacute severe hepatitis96
Chronic severe hepatitis5155
Laboratory parameters
Serum total bilirubin (mmol/L)588.88514.99
(Range)(217.0-1 015.5)(293.0-1 140.3)
Serum creatinine (mmol/L)131.63142.09
(Range)(43.3-401.8)(42.0-945.0)
INR13.182.88
(Range)(1.90-6.60)(1.91-7.20)
Table 2 Comparison of clinical biochemical data and MELD score between PE group and non-PE group before treatment (mean±SD).
20 ≤MELD<30
30 ≤MELD<40
MELD≥40
PE groupNon-PE groupPE groupNon-PE groupPE groupNon-PE group
Bilirubin (mmol/L)561.66±148.92463.28±169.69606.40±150.60526.44±148.00600.77±140.90677.79±221.18
INR2.13±0.622.34±0.673.54±1.164.14±1.244.01±1.583.58±1.69
Creatinine (mmol/L)70.53±18.6972.51±26.11106.45±37.31101.97±65.85237.12±136.64523.01±289.10
MELD score24.7±3.124.2±3.034.7±2.232.4±7.142.7±1.748.6±5.3
Table 3 Changes in related data of the PE group between before and after the plasma exchange (mean±SD).
20 ≤MELD<30
30 ≤MELD<40
MELD≥40
Before PEAfter PEBefore PEAfter PEBefore PEAfter PE
Bilirubin (mmol/L)561.66±148.92242.01±134.39b606.40±150.60260.85±64.65b600.77±140.90289.70±147.50b
INR2.13±0.621.55±0.28a3.54±1.161.59±0.22a4.01±1.582.40±1.52a
Creatinine (mmol/L)70.53±18.6888.00±21.28106.45±37.31124.78±41.22237.12±136.64228.38±132.04
MELD score24.7±3.119.7±3.5 a34.7±2.222.7±3.7a42.7±1.728.4±5.3a
Table 4 Three-month death rates.
20 ≤MELD<3030 ≤MELD<40MELD≥40
Non-PE group67.6% (25/37)81.3% (13/16)100% (8/8)
PE group31.6% (6/19)a57.7% (15/26)c93.3% (14/15 )1
Table 5 Four-fold table analysis of diagnostic experiment.
Real prognosisPredicted prognosis
Number of deathsNumber of survivors
Number of deathsValue of true positiveaValue of false negativeb
Number of survivorsValue of false positivecValue of true negatived