Table 1.
Serial blood test results
| Investigations | Day | ||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) | 107 | 110 | 95 | 95 | 85 | 80 | 80 | 93 | 93 | 98 | 101 |
| WBC (×109/L) | 12.1 | 13.4 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 15.7 | 10.5 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 10.5 | 9.4 |
| Platelets (×109/L) | 359 | 267 | 255 | 159 | 265 | 300 | 320 | 415 | 409 | 414 | 427 |
| Total bilirubin (μmol/L) | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| CRP (mg/L) | 107 | 221 | 525 | 657 | 624 | 349 | 231 | 84 | 52 | 48 | 38 |
| LDH (IU/L) | 387 | ||||||||||
| Ferritin (μg/L) | 285 | 876 | |||||||||
| D-dimer (mg/L) | 0.92 | ||||||||||
| Creatinine (μmol/L) | 82 | 76 | 72 | 86 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 69 |
| CK (IU/L) | 94 | ||||||||||
| Troponin I (pg/mL) | 7 | ||||||||||
| ALP (IU/L) | 85 | 142 | 142 | 131 | 134 | 137 | 169 | 146 | 129 | 127 | 129 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 34 | 295 | 147 | 84 | 395 | 265 | 182 | 142 | 119 | ||
| GGT (IU/L) | 240 | ||||||||||
Day 0: Emergency Department presentation 2 days prior to admission; Day 2: admission to hospital; Day 4: commencement of dexamethasone.
ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CK, Creatine kinase; CRP, C reactive protein; GGT, Gamma-glutamyl transferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; WBC, white blood cell count.