Table 1.
Laboratory examinations since admission.
| Items | Reference range | Days after hospitalization |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 6∗ | 7 | 13 | 21 | ||
| White-cell count (g/L) | 3.5–9.5 | 11.89↑ | 8.55 | 16.54↑ | 16.55↑ | 9.89 | 8.26 |
| Red-cell count (g/L) | 3.8–5.1 | 5.23↑ | 5.39↑ | 4.73 | 4.17 | 4.07 | 4.49 |
| Absolute neutrophil count (g/L) | 1.8–6.3 | 9.35↑ | 6.37 | 14.03↑ | 14.61↑ | 7.16↑ | 5.56 |
| Absolute lymphocyte count (g/L) | 1.1–3.2 | 1.69 | 1.57 | 1.06↓ | 1.05↓ | 2.02 | 2.03 |
| Platelet count (g/L) | 125–350 | 232 | 193 | 242 | 203 | 329 | 336 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 130–175 | 163 | 165 | 149 | 130 | 125↓ | 139 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 40–50 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 43.8 | 38.7 | 38.1 | 42.2 |
| Sodium (mmol/L) | 137–147 | 137.6 | 137.5 | 140.8 | 137.7 | 137.9 | 138.9 |
| Potassium (mmol/L) | 3.5–5.3 | 4.16 | 3.68 | 4.32 | 5.43↑ | 4.80 | 4.15 |
| Chloride (mmol/L) | 96–108 | 107.6 | 104.0 | 105.0 | 102.2 | 97.6 | 98.8 |
| Calcium (mg/L) | 2.0–2.5 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 1.97↓ | 2.10↓ | 2.28 | 2.25 |
| Carbon dioxide (mmol/L) | 20–29 | 25.4 | 29.6 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 34.2↑ | 28.1 |
| Anion gap (mmol/L) | 8–16 | 5↓ | 4↓ | 10 | 10 | 6↓ | 12 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 3.9–6.1 | 5.96 | 6.66 | 6.89 | 7.44 | 5.77 | 5.86 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mg/L) | 2.9–8.2 | 9.18↑ | 9.21↑ | 6.65 | 5.7 | 4.54 | 4.59 |
| Creatinine (mg/L) | 57–111 | 71.8 | 73.1 | 63.1 | 67 | 59.1 | 67.3 |
| Total protein (g/L) | 60–83 | 68.0 | 71.6 | 58.1↓ | 57.3 | 63.3 | 66.9 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 33–55 | 38.6 | 42.3 | 33.3 | 31.0↓ | 33.4 | 40.6 |
| total bilirubin (umol/L) | 3–20 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 |
| Procalcionin (ng/ml) | <0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05↑ | – | 0.25↑ | – | – |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 5–40 | 24 | 62↑ | 48↑ | 32 | 84↑ | 54↑ |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 8–40 | 17 | 34 | 36 | 26 | 39 | 26 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 40–150 | 130 | 143 | 172↑ | 156↑ | 290↑ | 313↑ |
| D-dimer (ug/ml) | 0–0.5 | 1.26↑ | 1.70↑ | 2.56↑ | 2.00↑ | 3.27↑ | 1.84↑ |
| Fibrinogen (g/l) | 2–4 | 3.37 | 3.59 | 5.52↑ | 7.44↑ | 6.34↑ | 4.73↑ |
| Lacate dehydrogenase (U/L) | 109–245 | 186 | 201 | 265↑ | 223 | 200 | 157 |
| Prothrombin time (sec) | 11.0–16.0 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 13.0 |
| International normal ratio | 0.83–1.36 | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.00 |
| Creatine kinase (U/L) | 24–194 | 227↑ | 170 | – | 807↑ | 85 | 54 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 0–8 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 65.84↑ | 170.28↑ | 3.12 | 1.06 |
−: not detected, ↑: higher than normal upper limit, ↓: lower than normal lower limit, ∗: the patient received surgery on this day.
CRP: C-reactive protein.