Table 1.
Laboratory data
| Parameter | Normal range | On admission 25 October |
HD 2 27 October |
HD 4 29 October |
HD6 31 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemoglobin (gr%) | 13–18 | 14.7 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
| WBC (cells/mcl) | 4000–11,000 | 17,400 | 13,700 | 16,700 | 10,100 |
| PMN (cells/mcl) | 2000–8000 | 13,000 | 12,100 | 13,600 | 7400 |
| Lymphocytes (cells/mcl) | 1500–4000 | 2100 | 900 | 1500 | 1300 |
| Eosinophils (cells/mcl) | 0–400 | 700 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Platelets (cells/mcl) | 150,000–400,000 | 114,000 | 49,000 | 45,000 | 87,000 |
| Glucose (mg%) | 82–115 | 142 | 267 | 36 | 141 |
| Sodium (mmol/L) | 136–145 | 130 | 139 | 133 | 145 |
| Total bilirubin (mg%) | 0.2–1.2 | 2.56 | 1.26 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Direct bilirubin (mg%) | 0–0.4 | 1.1 | – | 1.3 | 1.25 |
| AST (IU/L) | 0–32 | 385 | 4708 | 1276 | 300 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 0–33 | 194 | 2754 | 2006 | 807 |
| GGT (IU/L) | 8–61 | 244 | 161 | 181 | 116 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) | 40–130 | 262 | 130 | 176 | 94 |
| LDH (IU/L) | 240–480 | 865 | 2989 | 907 | 543 |
| Creatinine (mg%) | 0.7–1.2 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 0.93 | 1.7 |
| Albumin (gr%) | 3.5–5.2 | 3.94 | 3.3 | 3.17 | 2.3 |
| Globulin (gr%) | 2.8–3.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 4.81 | 4.1 |
| Ammonia (mcmol/L) | 16–60 | 40.5 | 66 | 67 | 23 |
| Lactate (mmol/L) | 0.7–2.1 | 7.8 | – | – | – |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 0–5 | – | – | 39 | 46 |
ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, GGT gamma glutamyl transferase, HD day of hospitalization, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, PMN polymorphonuclear, WBC white blood cells
Boldface numbers denote figures out of the normal range