Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the patients included in the study
| Patient No | Aetiology | Age (y) | Child-Pugh score | Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | Serum sodium (mmol/l) |
Serum albumin
(g/l) | Serum bilirubin (μmol/l) |
Quick index
(%) | Sodium excretion (mmol/day) |
Volume of paracentesis
(ml) |
| 1 | ETOH | 54 | 9 | 84.864 | 140 | 28.9 | 47.88 | 60 | 7.8 | 6000 |
| 2 | ETOH | 68 | 9 | 45.084 | 134 | 27 | 25.65 | 100 | 112.7 | 6000 |
| 3 | ETOH | 45 | 8 | 82.212 | 137 | 33 | 25.65 | 92 | 2 | 12000 |
| 4 | ETOH | 55 | 8 | 117.572 | 130 | 30 | 29.07 | 100 | 115.2 | 8500 |
| 5 | VIRAL | 47 | 9 | 85.748 | 128 | 28 | 47.88 | 71 | 7.2 | 8500 |
| 6 | ETOH | 65 | 9 | 55.692 | 137 | 21.1 | 18.81 | 80 | 82 | 14000 |
| 7 | ETOH | 43 | 9 | 62.764 | 131 | 23.7 | 64.98 | 60 | 0 | 7000 |
| 8 | ETOH | 59 | 11 | 91.936 | 121 | 20 | 78.66 | 100 | 0 | 5000 |
| 9 | ETOH | 59 | 9 | 45.968 | 135 | 25 | 23.94 | 81 | 2 | 8000 |
| 10 | ETOH | 52 | 8 | 83.096 | 140 | 30 | 32.49 | 74 | 9.1 | 10000 |
| 11 | ETOH | 46 | 11 | 74.256 | 135 | 17.4 | 54.72 | 60 | 1.48 | 10000 |
| Mean | 53.9 | 9.09 | 75.381 | 133.454 | 25.827 | 40.884 | 79.8 | 30.861 | 8636 | |
| SD | 8.3 | 1.0 | 21.653 | 5.645 | 4.840 | 19.353 | 16.3 | 47.355 | 2721 |
ETOH, alcohol.