Table 1. An overview of the patient’s laboratory workup.

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PTC: percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; WBC: white blood cell; HGB: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet; AST: aspartate transaminase; ALT: alanine transaminase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; INR: international normalized ratio

	Initial	Post-ERCP	Post-PTC insertion	Outpatient clinic follow-up	Normal range
WBC	13.2	12.7	13.5	5.6	3.9–11 × 109/L
HGB	10.8	11.0	10.0	10.3	13.5–17.5 g/dL
PLT	30	77	207	352	150–400 × 109/L
AST	153	105	55	35	8–48 U/L
ALT	306	142	79	26	0–55 U/L
Total bilirubin	10.58	11.7	8.4	2.3	<1.2 mg/dL
Direct bilirubin	8.8	7.8	6.5	1.7	0–0.3 mg/dL
ALP	216	357	310	150	40–150 U/L
INR	1.08	1.12	1.24	1.17	0.9–1.2