Table 1. Characteristics of laboratory results and direct antiglobulin test of the patient.
| Hospital day | Hemoglobin (mg/dl) | WBC (×109/L) | MCV (fl) | Platelet (×109/L) | Total bilirubin (mg/dl) | AST (SGOT) (U/L) | ALT (SGPT) (U/L) | BUN (mg/dl) | Creatinine (mg/dl) | Iron (µg/dl) | Ferritin (ng/ml) | TIBC (U/L) | Haptoglobin | Creatinine (mg/dl) | LDH (U/L) | POLY | Anti-C3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-surgery | 10.7 | 7.66 | 77.0 | 420 | 0.46 | 18 | 20 | 13.2 | 0.65 | 0.65 | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | |||||
| POD 8 | 3.9 | 22.98 | 80.5 | 262 | 6.86 | 247 | 22 | 88.6 | 1.6 | 283 | >16,500 | 295 | 1.6 | 3,505 | + | + | ||
| Post-intravenous systemic steroid | ||||||||||||||||||
| POD 9 | 6.7 | 19.31 | 86.9 | 215 | 1.94 | 134 | 36 | 106.2 | 0.87 | <20 | 0.87 | 1,207 | ||||||
| POD 13 | 7.9 | 16.02 | 92.5 | 196 | 0.55 | 32 | 30 | 34.5 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 1,147 | |||||||
| POD 15 | 9.4 | 10.21 | 92.4 | 147 | 0.46 | 18 | 27 | 18.8 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 1,003 | |||||||
POD: postoperative day, WBC: white blood cell, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, AST: aspartate transaminase, SGOT: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, SGPT: serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, TIBC: total iron-binding capacity, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, POLY: polyspecific anti-human globulin.