Table 1.
Summary of the patient’s laboratory data
| Laboratory | On admission | Reference range |
|---|---|---|
| WBC | 5400/mm3 | 4500–10,000/mm3 |
| RBC | 1.14 M/mm3 | 3.9–5.1 M/mm3 |
| Hgb | 1.4 g/dL | 12.0–14.6 g/dL |
| Hct | 5.8% | 36.0–44.0% |
| MCV | < 50.0 fL | 82.0–97.0 fL |
| RDW | 21.9% | 12–15% |
| Platelet | 232,000/mm3 | 160,000–360,000/mm3 |
| Retic Pct | 2.7% | 0.6–2.4% |
| Abs retic | 31 × 109/L | 29–116 × 109/L |
| PT | 17.6 seconds | 11.8–14.4 seconds |
| INR | 1.46 | 0.87–1.13 |
| PTT | 32.5 seconds | 24.4–36.6 seconds |
| Fibrinogen | 332 mg/dL | 237–481 mg/dL |
| d-dimer | 2.16 μg/mL | ≤ 0.49 μg/mL |
| Alk Phos | 150 U/L | 35–104 U/L |
| AST | 81 U/L | 10–35 U/L |
| ALT | 36 U/L | 10–35 U/L |
| Protein total | 5.6 g/dL | 6–8 g/dL |
| Bili total | 0.5 mg/dL | ≤ 1.0 mg/dL |
| Bili direct | 0.3 mg/dL | ≤ 0.3 mg/dL |
| Iron | 9 μg/dL | 37–145 μg/dL |
| TIBC | 441 μg/dL | 250–430 μg/dL |
| Iron sat | 2% | 15–50% |
| Ferritin | 4 ng/mL | 12–263 ng/mL |
| Haptoglobin | 168 mg/dL | 30–200 mg/dL |
| LDH | 206 U/L | 135–225 U/L |
| Folate | 12.8 ng/mL | ≥ 4.6 ng/mL |
| Vitamin B12 | 1,019 pg/mL | 232–1245 pg/mL |
WBC White Blood Cell Count, RBC Red Blood Cell Count, Hgb Hemoglobin, Hct Hematocrit, MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume, RDW Red Cell Distribution Width, Retic Pct Reticulocyte Percentage, Abs retic Absolute Reticulocyte Count, PT Prothrombin Time, INR International Normalized Ratio, PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time, Alk Phos Alkaline Phosphatase, AST Aspartate transaminase, ALT Alanine Aminotransferase, Bili total Bilirubin total, Bili direct Direct bilirubin, TIBC Total iron binding capacity, LDH Lactate Dehydrogenase