Case Report
Acute Liver Injury Associated with Khat Use in a 24-Year-Old Male
Table 1
Liver enzymes and liver function studies during the patient’s 2 hospital admissions.
| | Admission 1 | Admission 2 | | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 8 | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 8 |
| AST (reference range [RR] 10-45 U/L) | 1388 | 1169 | 886 | 1484 | 1373 | 646 | ALT (RR 15-50 U/L) | 2449 | 2284 | 1531 | 1827 | 1669 | 914 | Total bilirubin (RR 2-20 umol/L) | 190 | 289 | 254 | 285 | 220 | 110 | INR (RR 0.8-1.2) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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