Table 1. Trend of Lab Values in our patient throughout his hospital course. The numbers in the top row correspond to the day of the hospital admission.
Hospital Course | 1 | 2 (initiation of plasma exchange and prednisone) | 3 (initiation of caplacizumab –yhdp) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 (plasma exchange stopped) | 8 | 9 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.51 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 077 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.7 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
Platelets (k/mcl) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 91 | 185 | 251 | 294 | 374 |
Lactate Dehydrogenase (U/L) | 1068 | 1061 | 641 | 266 | 227 | 216 | 221 | 208 | 210 |
Haptoglobin mg/dL | <10 | - | - | - | - | 79 | 95 | 105 | 129 |
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
ADAMTS13 Activity (%) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 |
ADAMTS13 Inhibitor (BU) | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |