Surgical treatment of acute aortic dissection in a patient with SLE and prior antiphospholipid syndrome on therapy for over 30 years: a case report

Table 1 Changes in tests after hospitalization

	Day 0 (at admission)	Day 0 (10 h later)	Day 1	Day 2	Day 4
Blood pressure (mmHg)	80/60	102/60	102/60	108/70	118/74
Heart rate (bpm)	110	78	78	60	90
White blood cells (X 10⁹/L)	11.5	12.2	12.7	10.1	8.8
PT-INR	11.29	2.86	1.32	1.27	1.26
aPTT (s)	66.4	54.1	62.7	37.8	44.1
AST (U/L)	1565	951	251	89	35
ALT (U/L)	2543	1940	574	222	130
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	3.42	2.79	2.43	2.86	2.97
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.34	1.81	0.76	0.56	0.95
Total protein (g/dL)	5.4	4.8	5.1	5.2	5.1
Albumin (g/dL)	2.7	2.4	2.8	3.1	2.9
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	5.9	5.1	1.9	4.9	17.9

AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time

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