Table 1.

Haematological, renal and inflammatory markers before, during and after therapeutic plasma exchange

Laboratory results	Reference range	24 h pre-PE	D1 PE	D2 PE	D3 PE	D4 PE	D5 PE	24 h post-PE	48 h post-PE
WBC (×103μ/l)	4–11	8.3	4.15	3.03	2.28	1.93	2.06	3.54	3.79
RBC (×103μ/l)	4.7–6.1	3.2	3.3	2.93	2.95	2.94	2.67	2.81	2.23
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	13–15	9.74	9.18	9.38	9.92	9.46	9.96	9.11	9.00
Lymphocytes (×103/μl)	1–5	0.76	0.58	0.28	0.60	0.52	0.57	0.61	0.76
Neutrophils (×103/μl)	2–7.5	7.16	3.44	2.61	2.61	1.17	1.19	1.62	2.45
Platelets(×103/μl)	140–450	50	50	56.5	71.8	81.3	89.7	124	203
LDH (μ/l)	85–227	757	531	423	403	259	229	286	255
Ferritin (ng/ml)	22–322	1284	1544	1297	631	393	315	258	338
Procalcitonin (ng/ml)	<0.05	0.61	0.88	0.39	0.24	0.23	0.21	0.22	0.29
CRP (mg/l)	0–7	2.4	2.4	4.3	12.3	20	18	22.5	14
D-dimer(mg/l)	0–0.55	5.03	7.07	5.25	7.62	2.54	2.26	1.49	1.60
Fibrinogen (g/l)	2–4	1.61	2.28	1.86	2.66	2.62	2.70	2.85	3.00
AST (μ/l)	15–37	141	121	201	110	61	43	44	39
BUN (mmol/l)	2.5–6.4	39.5	31	23.8	16.8	13.5	11.6	11.1	10.9
Creatinine (μmol/l)	62–115	227	139	102	85	79	70	65	93

^*Abbreviation key;(h) hours, (D) Day, (WBC) White Blood Cell, (RBC) Red Blood Cell, (LDH) Lactic Acid Dehydrogenase, (CRP) C-Reactive Proteins, (AST) Aspartate Amino Transferase, (BUN) Blood Urea Nitrogen.