Liv.52 Therapy in Viral Hepatitis


Patel, G.T., M.D., Mruthyunjayanna, B.P., M.D., Seetharam, T.D., M.B.,B.S. and Channe Gowda, A.C., M.B.,B.S., Medicine Unit, Victoria Hospital and Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India.

Table III, shows average duration for improvement in symptomatology.

Table III: Average duration for improvement in Symptomatology

Symptoms

Group A

Group B

Loss of appetite

9 days

5 days

Abdominal pain

5 days

3 days

Nausea

4 days

3 days

Vomiting

3 days

2 days

Pruritus

*6 days

2 days

Constipation

**7 days

4 days

* After antihistaminic therapy. ** After mild laxative or enemata.


i) Serum bilirubin: After 14 days of treatment, serum bilirubin was below 5 mg% in 28 per cent of cases in control group (A) as against 74 per cent in Liv.52 series (B).

ii) Serum transaminases: After two weeks of therapy, the SGPT was below 100 units/ml in 24 per cent cases in control group (A) as compared to 55.6 per cent in Liv.52 series and the SGOT was below 50 units/ml in 44 per cent of cases in group A as against 77.8 per cent in group B.


BIOCHEMICAL

iii) Serum alkaline phosphatase: This is a more sensitive index of bile stasis than the serum bilirubin level. After 14 days of therapy, serum alkaline phosphatase levels reverted to normal in 32 per cent of cases in control group (A) as compared to 63 per cent in Liv.52 series (B).

iv) Thymol turbidity: Thymol turbidity reflects inflammatory activity rather than hepatocellular damage and continued elevation may be a reflection of portal zone infiltration. After therapy, the thymol turbidity level was below 15 units in 48 per cent of cases in control group (A) as compared to 8.15 per cent in Liv.52 series (B).

v) Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate: The ESR is high in the pre-icteric phase, falls to normal with the development of jaundice, rises again as jaundice subsides and return to normal with complete recovery; a sustained high ESR indicates continuing hepatic inflammation *(Sherlock, 1968). After two weeks of therapy, ESR was below 15 mm/hour in 36 per cent of cases in control group (A) as against 77.8 per cent in Liv.52 series (B).

Tables IV and V show the comparative data of laboratory investigations in Group A and Group B, respectively. Values noted after admission are labelled as 1st and those after therapy of 14 days as 2nd. The data include the duration of jaundice at the time of admission, serum bilirubin, transaminase levels and serum alkaline phosphatase. Other liver function tests were also done.


Table IV: Control Series (Group A)

Case No.

No. of days of Jaundice prior to admission

Serum bilirubin

SGPT

SGOT

Serum Alk. Phosphatase K.A. Units/100 c.c.

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1.

8

15.5

8.1

290

175

65

20

19.4

22.6

2.

12

21.0

18.0

185

110

70

25

21.1

18.4

3.

4

11.0

4.5

170

105

75

55

20.4

14.2

4.

6

16.1

12.0

250

170

70

30

17.3

11.5

5.

7

18.2

12.3

386

210

110

56

19.8

14.6

6.

10

9.0

3.4

150

105

90

65

24.5

7.2

7.

13

14.0

11.2

260

210

110

74

28.4

16.1

8.

4

13.0

4.8

170

40

80

30

29.8

11.3

9.

6

15.4

12.3

370

210

105

65

19.5

12.0

10.

8

9.2

4.7

112

35

65

22

30.2

17.4

11.

4

6.1

3.0

120

40

70

30

27.0

22.6

12.

8

6.4

4.1

135

70

80

55

17.0

14.0

13.

11

10.4

6.6

160

125

95

30

28.0

15.2

14.

3

13.8

10.2

210

160

135

60

31.2

27.3

15.

9

16.1

13.0

240

175

115

80

26.8

23.1

16.

5

11.2

4.8

180

105

80

42

14.2

4.4

17.

3

9.6

8.4

260

110

125

85

17.3

8.5

18.

4

12.6

10.2

290

185

120

65

12.8

16.6

19.

7

16.4

12.0

310

210

128

75

16.4

25.0

20.

8

8.5

6.0

136

64

65

34

12.0

17.1

21.

2

15.0

11.5

258

205

135

80

18.2

14.0

22.

9

7.4

4.5

132

75

85

40

19.1

6.3

23.

6

13.0

10.4

320

174

75

30

14.4

21.0

24.

10

15.2

13.6

245

190

105

75

14.0

23.3

25.

14

14.5

9.5

240

126

110

65

29.4

11.3



Table V: Liv.52 Series (Group B)

Case No.

No. of days of jaundice prior to admission

Serum Bilirubin in mg.%

SGPT Units/ml.

SGOT Units/ml.

Serum Alk. Phosphatase K.A. Units/100 c.c.

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

1.

9

12.1

4.4

175

70

90

40

16.4

13.0

2.

13

17.8

6.0

250

40

115

42

17.6

12.5

3.

4

11.0

3.5

180

32

90

25

15.2

8.0

4.

5

12.3

4.6

280

90

110

30

11.0

12.2

5.

6

15.2

6.0

290

130

100

44

26.0

14.8

6.

5

12.6

4.1

250

115

120

85

25.5

12.0

7.

8

12.5

3.6

170

48

92

24

12.6

9.0

8.

5

16.0

4.8

250

105

110

25

28.0

16.2

9.

8

18.0

8.2

290

120

125

45

19.3

10.5

10.

11

12.5

3.0

378

115

158

55

24.9

13.0

11.

7

13.6

2.8

250

132

128

22

22.4

11.0

12.

14

21.0

4.8

398

125

90

32

28.2

17.8

13.

3

12.0

3.2

230

40

138

54

16.6

12.2

14.

10

13.2

5.8

155

130

80

35

17.2

12.1

15.

8

5.3

1.7

170

44

95

20

26.0

14.5

16

9

12.6

7.4

250

152

75

34

12.0

14.9

17.

7

8.4

2.8

190

72

84

20

21.2

15.0

18.

6

6.8

3.1

80

65

75

12

18.6

11.0

19.

5

5.8

3.2

68

53

60

22

17.3

12.8

20.

4

11.2

3.8

180

75

80

36

15.0

7.2

21.

10

21.4

11.8

290

150

124

70

31.0

16.8

22.

7

12.8

4.1

310

142

118

56

20.6

11.5

23.

10

20.9

16.4

440

92

170

40

17.0

5.8

24.

14

7.8

3.2

145

38

96

22

23.0

12.7

25.

11

11.3

2.9

336

90

108

40

16.8

13.9

26.

8

7.2

1.8

180

64

85

26

19.3

15.0

27.

3

10.4

4.6

350

144

98

64

18.8

16.5




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