Course of Encephalopathy in a Cirrhotic Dialysis Patient Treated Sequentially with Peritoneal and Hemodialysis

Figure 1

Mean Na, K, and albumin levels of the patient during PreD, PD and HD periods. The numbers on the graph lines represent the means. Na: Na level of PD is significantly lower than that of PreD, . Differences between other groups are not significant. K: K level of PD is significantly lower than that of PreD , and K level of HD is significantly lower than that of PreD . The difference between mean K level of PD and HD periods is not significant. Albumin: differences between groups are not statistically significant. : number of laboratory values in the relevant period, PreD: predialysis period, PD: peritoneal dialysis period, and HD: hemodialysis period. Comparisons between groups were done by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test (Statistical Package designed for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 17.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA)), and was considered as statistically significant.