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. 2020 Apr 28;5(6):940–945. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.04.017

Table 1.

Summary of laboratory evaluations and relevant trends during hospitalization

Measure Reference Hospital Day
1 2 3 4a 6 9 10 11 13 16 17
Sodium (mmol/l) 137–145 132 131 129 134
Potassium (mmol/l) 3.5–5.1 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1
Chloride (mmol/l) 98–107 86 85 85 84
Carbon dioxide (mmol/l) 19–27 19 15 15 12
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl) 7.0–26 69 96 110 135
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.7–1.3 12.5 15 16.8 19.9
Glucose (mg/dl) 75–100 100 87 101 42
Calcium (mg/dl) 8.8–10.3 7.2 6.4 6.7 6.5
Albumin (g/dl) 3.9–5.2 3.1 2.5 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.7 3.6
Triglycerides (mg/dl) <149 422
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) <200–239 179
Hemoglobin A1c (%) <5.7 7.1
White blood cell count (103 per μl) 3.12–8.44 7.7 6.1 7.7 6.6
Absolute lymphocyte count (per μl) 1000–3900 1690
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 12.6–17 16.6 14.5 15.2 14.2
Platelets (103 per μl) 156–325 242 282 349 394
Urine protein:creatinine ratio (g/g) <0.15 3.021 5.805
24-h urine protein excretion (g/24 h) <0.15 10.376
Urine RBC (per hpf) 0–2 2
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/l) 135–255 1504 1561 1258 943 828 972
Creatine kinase (U/l) 64–499 1628 1163 873 547 227
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) 0–15 >130 119
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/l) 0–10 49.4 36.3
Ferritin (ng/ml) 30–400 1147 500.7
Interleukin-6 (pg/ml) ≤5 12
Interleukin 2 receptor (pg/ml) <1033 1530
Sars-CoV-2 RT-PCR Not detected Detected Not detected Detected

Hpf, high-power field; RBC, red blood cell; RT-PCR, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

a

Dialysis initiated on hospital day 4.