Table 1.
Laboratory studies of patient throughout hospitalization
| Measurements | Ref. values | Results by hospital days |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 a.m. | 6 p.m. | 7 a.m. | 7 p.m. | ||
| Hemoglobin, g/dL | 12–16 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | ||
| WBC, ×1,000/µL | 4–10.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 9.1 | ||
| Lymphocyte count Relative, % | 20–40 | 39.8 | 16.7 | 21.7 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 7.6 | |||
| Absolute count, ×1,000/cm2 | 9–40 | 0.86 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.3 | 0.61 | 0.69 | |||
| Platelet count, ×1,000/cm2 | 150–450 | 183 | 197 | 121 | 117 | 87 | 92 | 66 | 66 | |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.4–1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| AST, U/L | 10–40 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 53 | 69 | ||
| ALT, U/L | 10–42 | 62 | 40 | 44 | 18 | 58 | 107 | 124 | ||
| CRP, mg/dL | 0–0.5 | 26.6 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 42.2 | |||||
| Troponin I, ng/mL | 0.006–0.06 | 0.025 | 3.163 | 3.36 | 4.798 | 3.86 | ||||
| BNP, pg/mL | 0–100 | 26 | ||||||||
| D-dimer, ng/mL | <279 | 2,688 | 3,404 | 7,114 | ||||||
WBC, white blood cells; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; CRP, C-reactive protein; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide.