Table I.
Examinations during hospitalization.
| Number of days after hospitalization | |||||||||||||
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| Testsa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Routine blood tests | |||||||||||||
| WBC (×109) | 14.34 | 12.4 | - | - | - | 15.66 | - | - | 13.14 | - | - | - | - |
| N% | 67.6 | 62.8 | - | - | - | 77.4 | - | - | 61.7 | - | - | - | - |
| Blood biochemistry | |||||||||||||
| CRP (mg/l) | 46.41 | 17.96 | 14.23 | - | - | 2.62 | - | - | 0.68 | - | - | - | - |
| PCT (ng/ml) | - | 0.21 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lactate | 604 | 589 | 387 | - | - | 399 | - | - | 333 | - | - | - | - |
| dehydrogenase (U/l) | |||||||||||||
| Uric acid (µmol/l) | 500 | 331 | - | - | - | 151 | - | - | 160 | - | - | - | - |
| α-hydroxybutyrate | 525 | 466 | 329 | - | - | 324 | - | - | 260 | - | - | - | - |
| dehydrogenase (U/l) | |||||||||||||
| Blood tumor markers | |||||||||||||
| NSE (µg/l) | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.1 | - | - | - |
| CA125 (U/ml) | - | - | 161 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 104 | - | - | - |
| Serous cavity edema | |||||||||||||
| Thoracic closed | No | No | 200, | No | No | 250, | 350, | 200, | 125, | 200, | 50, | 225, | 275, |
| drain (ml) | light | blood | blood | bloody | yellow | light | light | light | light | ||||
| blood | yellow | yellow | yellow | yellow | |||||||||
| Pericardial drainage | No | No | 145, | 270, | 205, | 70, | 75, | 60, | 40, | 20, | 30, | No | No |
| (ml) | blood | blood | blood | blood | bloody | bloody | yellow | light | light | ||||
| yellow | yellow | ||||||||||||
| Effusion, routine and biochemicalb | |||||||||||||
| Pigment | - | Red | - | - | - | Red | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clearness | - | Cloudy | - | - | - | Lightly | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| cloudy | |||||||||||||
| Mucin | - | Positive | - | - | - | Positive | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TCS (×106/l) | - | 58,250 | - | - | - | 63,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ADA (U/l) | - | 153 | - | - | - | 24.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chlorine (mmol/l) | - | 109.1 | - | - | - | 111.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glucose (mmol/l) | - | 5.75 | - | - | - | 8.34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lactate | - | 873 | - | - | - | 312 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| dehydrogenase (U/l) | |||||||||||||
| Etiology | |||||||||||||
| Eaton's reagent | - | 1:80+ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1:160+ | - | - |
| Maximum temperature (°C) | 36.7 | 36.3 | 38.6 | 38.9 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 36.9 | 36.8 | 36.9 | 38.7 | 36.9 | 36.8 | 36.9 |
| Maximum heart rate (beats/min) | 133 | 124 | 157 | 151 | 124 | 134 | 98 | 89 | 93 | 89 | 94 | 85 | 85 |
Normal reference values: WBC, 4.3-11.3×109/l; N%, 31–70%; CRP, 0–5 mg/l; PCT, 0–0.07 ng/ml; lactate dehydrogenase, 110–295 U/l; uric acid, 210–420 µmmol/l; α-hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase, 53–168 U/l; ADA 0-35U/l; NSE, 0–16.3 µg/l; CA125, 0–35 U/ml; serous cavity edema, chlorine 99–110 mmol/l; amylase, the leakage fluid was consistent with the blood sugar, and the sugar content in the exudate was reduced or eliminated; lactate dehydrogenase in the leakage fluid <200 U/l.
Results on the first day of admission are for pericardial effusion and on the fifth day of hospital admission are for pleural effusion. WBC, white blood cell; N%, neutrophil percentage; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin; NSE, neuron-specific enolase; CA125, cancer antigen 125; TCS, total cell solids; ADA, adenosine deaminase.