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. 2007 May 1;23(6):475–477. doi: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70787-0

TABLE 1.

Basic laboratory and toxicology tests

On admission In hospital, first week In hospital, second week On discharge
Hemoglobin, g/L (115 g/L – 155 g/L) 112 106 106 130
Mean corpuscular volume, fL (80 fL – 100 fL) 115 115 119.8 105
White blood cells, ×109/L (3×109/L – 10.5×109/L) 2.9 4.4 4.8 4.8
Platelets, ×109/L (125×109/L – 400×109/L) 73 87 363 396
Total bilirubin, μmol/L 98 139 79
AST, U/L (14 U/L – 41 U/L) 189 104 98 61
GGT, U/L (7 U/L – 50 U/L) 1699 1090 512 352
Folate, nmol/L (215 nmol/L – 1292 nmol/L) 677
Vitamin B12, pmol/L (133 pmol/L – 674 pmol/L) 211
Ferritin, pmol/L (10 pmol/L – 190 pmol/L) 186
Osmolality, mmol/kg (280 mmol/kg – 295 mmol/kg) 283
Glucose, mmol/L (3.8 mmol/L – 6 mmol/L) 11.4
Anion gap, mmol/L (6 mmol/L – 15 mmol/L) 17
Acetaminophen, μmol/L <66
Salicylic acid, mmol/L (0.5 mmol/L – 2.2 mmol/L) <0.3
Ethanol, mmol/L <1

Normal values are presented in parentheses. AST Aspartate aminotransferase; GGT Gamma glutamyltransferase