Table 1.
Results of the laboratory investigations
| Blood | Results |
Normal ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 0 | Day 1 | ||
| pH: venous | 7.32 | 7.27 | 7.32–7.42 |
| Bicarbonate | 9 | 11 | 22–30 mmol/l |
| Sodium | 106 | 113 | 135–143 mmol/l |
| Potassium | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7–5.0 mmol/l |
| Chloride | 74 | 86 | 99–111 mmol/l |
| Calcium | 2.13 | 1.92 | 2.22–2.54 mmol/l |
| Phosphorus | 3.39 | 2.72 | 1.41–2.17 mmol/l |
| Oxalate | 179.8 | 161.4 | <1.8 μmol/l |
| Creatinine | 634 | 562 | 13–33 μmol/l |
| Urea | 47 | 44.5 | 3.4–8.1 mmol/l |
| Albumin | 44 | 33 | 35–47 g/l |
| WBC | 12.8 | 7.7 | 5.0–12.0 ×109/l |
| Hemoglobin | 72 | 83 | 110–140 g/l |
| Platelets | 425 | 220 | 150–400 × 109/l |
| Urine | |||
| Creatinine | 1.405 | 1.938 | mmol/l |
| Oxalate | Done (NSQ) | 0.311 | mmol/l |
| Oxalate/creatinine | 0.16 | <0.26 mmol/mmol | |
| Protein/creatinine | 1629 | < 50 mg/mmol | |
| Sodium | < 20 | mmol/l | |
| FENa | 0.01 | % | |
| Urine hyperoxaluria profilea | Oxalate 668 Glycolate 348 Glycerate 23.2 Glyocylate 2.6 |
<352 mmol/mmol creatinine <89 mmol/mmol creatinine <60 mmol/mmol creatinine <8 mmol/mmol creatinine |
|
FENa, fractional excretion of sodium; NSQ, not sufficient quantity; WBC, white blood count.
a
Done on day 7 when we had enough urine volume to do the whole hyperoxaluria profile.