Table 2.

Initial laboratory investigations.

Investigation	Result	Unit	Reference range
Hemoglobin	12.1	g/dl	13–17.5
White blood cell count	7800	Cells/mcl	4500–11 000
Red blood cell count	348 000	Cells/mcl	450 000–600 000
Platelet count	225 000	Cells/mcl	150 000–450 000
Mean corpuscular volume	76	Fl	80–100
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration	32.2	g/dl	32–36
RDW	47.4	%	12–16
CRP	21
Blood random sugar	96	mg/dl	80–126

CRP, C reactive protein: RDW, red cell distribution width.