Table 1. Lab values of our patient on presentation.
MCV: mean corpuscular volume; RDW: red cell distribution width; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; INR: international normalized ratio
Lab values | Reported value | Reference value range |
Hemoglobin | 6.9 g/dL | 14.0–18.0 |
Hematocrit | 19.8% | 40.0–54.0 |
MCV | 88.7 fL | 80.0–94.0 |
RDW | 19.8% | 8.0–14.5 |
Platelet count | 17 × 10E3/µL | 150–375 |
BUN | 20 mg/dL | 4–22 |
Creatinine | 1.0 mg/dL | 0.6–1.3 |
Total bilirubin | 2.2 mg/dL | 0–1.0 |
Direct bilirubin | 0.2 mg/dL | 0–0.9 |
LDH | 2298 U/L | 313–618 |
Haptoglobin | <20 mg/dL | 30–200 |
Vitamin B12 | 338 pg/mL | 243–894 |
Reticulocyte count | 13.2% | 0.5–2.0 |
INR | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 |
Prothrombin time | 10.8 seconds | 9.0–11.6 |
Homocysteine | 19.1 µmol/L | 0.0–14.5 |