Outcomes
BLOOD
Fasting blood glucose (FBG), sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Alb, total protein, and lactate are the primary outcomes of the current study. Secondary outcomes include white blood cells (WBC), hemoglobin (Hb), platelet (PLT), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (Cr), and international normalized ratio (INR). All outcomes were assessed at baseline and the 7th day after the intervention. Blood samples were drawn from patients, and after adding EDTA to samples and centrifuging at 3000 rpm and 4 °C, samples were stored at −80 °C.All measurements were routinely performed in the central clinical laboratory of Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, using standard kits.