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. 2012 Jan 6;4(1):e2012002. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.002

Table 3.

Pertinent investigations in patient hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 infection.

Investigation N %age
Left sided infiltrates on chest x-ray 9/117 7.7
Right sided infiltrates on chest x-ray 24/117 20.5
Diffuse multilobar infiltrates on chest x-ray 9/117 7.7
Scattered bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray 15/117 12.8
Normal chest x-ray 48/117 41.0
Hypoxia on arterial blood gases 47/83 56.6
Type II respiratory failure on arterial blood gases 7/83 8.5
Normal arterial blood gases 29/83 34.9
Hemoglobin (Anemia: Adult Male <14 gm/dl and Adult Female <13 gm/dl; children <11 gm/dl) 36/117 30.8
Platelets < 140 × 109 /ul 18/117 15.4
Platelets 140 to 400 × 109/ul 87/117 74.3
Platelets > 400 × 109/ul 12/117 10.3
White Blood Cell Count < 4 × 109/ul 11/117 9.4
White Blood Cell Count 4 to 11 × 109/ul 82/117 70.1
White Blood Cell Count > 11 × 109/ul 24/117 20.5
Total Bilirubin 3 to 17 umol/L 69/108 63.9
Total Bilirubin > 17 umol/L 39/108 36.1
Alanine transaminase (ALT)< 30 U/L 51/113 45.1
Alanine transaminase (ALT) 30 to 65 U/L 43/113 38.1
Alanine transaminase (ALT) > 65 U/L 19/113 16.8
Creatine kinase (CK) 21 to 232 U/L 65/111 58.6
Creatine kinase (CK) > 232 U/L 46/111 41.4
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 100 to 500 U/L 105/117 89.7
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) > 500 U/L 12/117 10.3
Urea 2.5 to 7.5 mmol/L 79/117 67.5
Urea > 7.5 mmol/L 25/117 21.4