Table 1.

Baseline bloodwork upon presentation to the emergency.

Test	Results	Ref. Range	Abnormality
C-Reactive Protein	181.5 mg/L	0.0–8.0 (mg/L)	High
Sedimentation Rate	77 mm/hr	0-20 (mm/hr)	High
Creatinine, serum	62 μmol/L	35-100 (umol/L)
Anion Gap	11 mmol/L	4-16 (mmol/L)
Lactate, blood gas	1.8 mmol/L	≤2.0 (mmol/L)
Base excess	−2 mmol/L	-5-1 (mmol/L)
White Blood Cell, serum	7.3 109/L	4-11 (109/L)