Table 1.

Laboratory investigations on separate days during hospitalization.

Laboratory studies		Day 1	Day 5	On discharge	Normal Range
Complete blood count	White blood cell count	3.2	17.5	4.1	4.00–10.50 10 * 3/µL
	Hemoglobin	14.5	7.1	7.4	13.8–17.2 g/dL
	Platelets	66	189	242	130–400 10 * 3/µL
Coagulation studies	Prothrombin time	15.4	29.1	13	9.4–12.5 Secs
	International normalized ratio	1.2	2.55	1.1	0.90–1.20
	Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time	53	31.4	31.4	23.8 – 37.9 Secs
Complete metabolic panel	Sodium	125	138	132	133–145 mmol/L
	Potassium	4	5.8	3.9	3.3–5.1 mmol/L
	Calcium	8.3	5.1	8.6	8.4–10.2 mg/dL
	Chloride	91	103	97	98–108 mmol/L
	Bicarbonate	21	17	25	22–32 mmol/L
	Blood urea nitrogen	41	105	51	6–20 mg/dL
	Creatinine	1.6	6.6	5.3	0.50–1.20 mg/dL
	Glomerular filtration rate	46 %	8	11	> =60 mL/min/1.73sq m
	Aspartate transaminase	151	1119	17	12–50 U/L
	Alanine transaminase	38	87	7	7–52 U/L
	Alkaline phosphatase	65	184	75	32–126 U/L
	Total bilirubin	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.2–1.4 mg/dL
	Albumin	3.7	1.7	2.3	3.0–5.0 g/dL