Table.

Significant laboratory findings throughout patient’s hospital course.

	Reference range	Units	Initial presentation	6 hours	24 hours	Peak
Potassium	3.7–5.2	mEq/L	5.7	4.5	6.5
Bicarbonate	23–29	mEq/L	19	18.4	16.7
Glucose	70–100	mg/dL	216
Creatinine	0.6–1.3	mg/dL	1.3	1.3	2.2
Blood urea nitrogen	6–24	mg/dL	27	30
Alanine transaminase	4–36	U/L	78		1,450	7,000
Aspartate aminotransferase	8–33	U/L	63		996	1734
Alkaline phosphatase	20–130	U/L	110		79	110
Total bilirubin	0.1–1.2	mg/dL	0.6		1.5	3.9
Prothrombin time	11–13.5	seconds				50.7
International normalized ratio	0.8–1.1					4.6

mEq/L, milliequivalents per liter; mg/dL, milligrams per deciliter; U/L, units per liter.