Liver failure after an uncovered TIPS procedure associated with hepatic infarction

Table 1 Laboratory data during the seven days of hospital management

Lab/Day	Day 0	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
Hemoglobin	10	11.6	8.4	7	8.1	7.4	7.5
WBC	3.8	13.5	5.6	3.9	2.2	1.9	1.8
Platelets	40	83	41	25	18	22	26
Creatinine	0.7	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.7
Bilirubin	1.2	5.4	5.6	4.1	4	4.3	3.9
ALT	25	1209	816	567	389	212	153
AST	37	3128	1110	467	282	145	74
INR	1.2	2.2	3.2	2.1	1.5	2.1	2.0
Albumin	2.7	1.8	1.7	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.3
HE	0	3	2	2	2	2	1-2
Troponin I	-	0	0	-	-	-	-
CK/CK-MB	-	30/11	28/11	-	-	-	-
TPT	-	-	40	38.8	-	-	-
Fibrinogen	-	-	94	200.8	-	-	-
D-dimer	-	-	203	363.4	-	-	-
MELD	6	23	26	21	14	18	16

Abbreviations: Definition-units: Hemoglobin-gr/dL; WBC: White blood cell count-cell/cc; Platelets-cell/cc; Creatinine-mg/dL; Bilirubin-mg/dL; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase-UI/L; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase-UI/L; INR: International normalized ratio-arbitrary units; Albumin-gr/dL; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy-West Haven criteria; Troponin I-UI/L; CK/CK-MB: Creatine kinase/subunit-MB-UI/L; TPT: Thromboplastin time-seconds; Fibrinogen-μg/dL; D-dimer-UI/L; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease.