Table 3. Patient's additional investigations on the fourth day of hospital admission.

Lab	Value	Reference range
Potassium	3.6 mmol/L	3.5 - 5.0 mmol/L
Phosphorus	2.5 mg/dL	2.2 - 4.6 mg/dL
Calcium	7.8 mg/dL	8.6 - 10.5 mg/dL
Creatinine	1.7 mg/dL	0.70 - 1.30 mg/dL
White blood cell count	15.3 K/uL	3.73 - 10.10 K/uL
Hemoglobin	9.7 g/dL	13.4 - 16.8 g/dL
Platelet count	160 K/uL	146 - 337 K/uL
Lactate	1.7 mmol/L	0.5 - 1.6 mmol/L
Uric acid	2.4 mg/dL	3.5 - 7.0 mg/dL
Lactate dehydrogenase	534 U/L	100 - 190 U/L
Total bilirubin	2.2 mg/dL	<1.5 mg/dL
Direct bilirubin	1 mg/dL	<0.3 mg/dL
Alanine transaminase	2216 U/L	10 - 52 U/L
Aspartate aminotransferase	858 U/L	10 - 39 U/L
International normalized ratio	4.3	0.9 - 1.1
Fibrinogen	227 mg/dL	220 - 410 mg/dL