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Table 3 Laboratory findings in LD and BD pigs LD: Living donation, BD: Brain death

From: Oxidative stress and apoptosis in a pig model of brain death (BD) and living donation (LD)

 

LD prior to perfusion

Prior to induction of BD

BD prior to perfusion

Red blood cells (10E6μL)

4.3 ± 0.1

4.6 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.4

White blood cells (10E3/μL)

14.0 ± 1.3

10.8 ± 1.3

17.4 ± 1.0**

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

7.1 ± 0.2

6.4 ± 0.4

6.9 ± 0.5

Hematocrit (%)

23.9 ± 0.8

27.0 ± 3.0

28.2 ± 2.0

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.2 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.1***

Urea (mg/dL)

23.5 ± 2.6

19.8 ± 2.4

29.2 ± 2.5*

Sodium (mmol/L)

139.3 ± 0.7

137.2 ± 0.9

143.7 ± 0.8***

Potassium (mmol/L)

3.7 ± 0.1

4.2 ± 0.2

4.2 ± 0.2

AST (U/L)

34.1 ± 5.3

29.5 ± 3.3

36.2 ± 3.8

ALT (U/L)

34.8 ± 2.9

28.2 ± 3.1

49.5 ± 2.5***

GGT (U/L)

41.9 ± 4.6

37.7 ± 5.4

63.0 ± 1.2**

MDA (μmol/L)

10.2 ± 5.1

-

3.9 ± 0.9

MPO (ng/mL)

4.0 ± 1.5

-

2.9 ± 1.4

  1. ALT: alanine-aminotransferase. AST: aspartate-aminotransferase, gGTgamma-glutamyl transferase. MDA: malondialdehyde. MPO: myeloperoxidase. As there was no statistically significant difference in between LD and BD immediately prior to perfusion, MDA and MPO measurements were not performed prior to BD induction. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 compared to before induction of BD.