Table 1.

Main laboratory tests during the first five days of hospitalization

	Unit	Normal range	At arrival	D1	D2	D3	D4
Hemoglobin	g/dl	12–16	12.3	11.3	11.3	10.4	10.8
White blood cells	10*9/L	4–9	4.7	1.8	0.6	0.7	2.4
Neutrophils	%	50–78	86.7	76.9	0	0	85
Eosinophils	%	< 11	1.1	1.8	0	0	0
Basophils	%	< 3	0.5	0.6	0	0	0
Lymphocytes	%	20–45	6	17.2	0	0	10
Monocytes	%	< 10	5.7	3.5	0	0	5
Platelets	10*9/L	150–400	162	130	94	95	104
Urea	mmol/L	2.5–7.5	15.5	13.2	8.4	7.2	7.6
Creatinine	umol/L	46–92	135	105	101	84	81
Alanin transaminase (ALT)	u/L	< 35	261	385	679		571
Aspartate transaminase (AST)	u/L	14–36	432	991	1760		1044
Blood osmolarity	mosmol/kg	280–300	334
Lactate	mmol/L	0.7–2.1	1
Blood ketones			1 +
Troponin T	ng/L	< 14	26	27
Interleukin-6	pg/mL	0–7			105
Triglyceride	mmol/L	< 1.69			2.85
Ferritin	ng/mL	13–150			10,510		17,550
Reticulocytes	10*3 mm3	20–120			18.5
LDH	u/L	120–246			1927		1369
Fibrinogen	g/L	2–4			4.54		2.98
D-dimers	ug/mL	< 0.5			5.03		4.62
CPK	u/L	30–135			60
Procalcitonin	ug/L	< 0.1	1.1				0.18
CRP	mg/L	< 3.5	174				47
ESR	mm	0–15			91
INR			1.12
aPTT		28–36	32