Clinical Study

Good Tolerance of Citrate Accumulation due to Plasma Exchange among Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Prospective, Observational Study

Table 5

Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis of predictors for citrate accumulation at 1 hour after ALSS therapy.

Correlation coefficientRegression coefficientStandard errorOdds ratio95% CI

Gender0.3930.003−2.1300.9380.0230.120.02–0.75
Baseline lactate0.3960.0031.7100.8560.0465.531.03–29.57
Baseline 0.3560.0088.6323.9170.0285607.592.60–12108390.04
Baseline −0.3800.0051.9748.1440.8097.200.00–61574425.76
Baseline platelets−0.3680.0060.0000.0060.8731.000.99–1.01

ALSS, artificial liver support system; , total calcium; , ionized calcium; , total-to-ionized calcium ratio.