Feasibility of Non-Anesthesiologist-Administered Propofol Sedation for Emergency Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Table 2

Laboratory examination data of Group A and Group B.

	Reference range	Total average ( = 182)	Group A ( = 149)	Group B ( = 33)	value
WBC (/L)	2700–8800	7819.3 ± 4816.8	6238.6 ± 2213.6	15353.3 ± 6734.2	<0.001
Platelet (/L)	14–34	21.4 ± 8.9	22.1 ± 8.5	18.6 ± 10.7	0.1009
AST (U/L)	8–38	136.0 ± 171.3	124.4 ± 164.3	197.4 ± 198.7	0.0884
ALT (U/L)	4–44	146.9 ± 184.9	146.9 ± 182.0	150.7 ± 206.2	0.9490
-GTP (U/L)	16–73	480.0 ± 609.6	484.6 ± 634.6	462.0 ± 487.9	0.7724
T-Bil (mg/dL)	0.2–1.2	4.0 ± 5.7	3.8 ± 5.9	4.6 ± 5.1	0.4991
ALB (g/dL)	3.9–5.3	3.1 ± 0.7	3.2 ± 0.7	2.7 ± 0.8	0.0006
CRP (mg/dL)	<0.3	11.2 ± 73.8	10.6 ± 81.0	15.1 ± 7.1	0.6181

Group A: control group consisting of patients with mild acute cholangitis or without acute cholangitis.
Group B: more severe general condition group consisting of patients with severe or moderate acute cholangitis.
WBC: white blood cells, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, -GTP: -glutamyl transpeptidase, T-Bil: total bilirubin, ALB: albumin, and CRP: C-reactive protein.