Table 1. Laboratory parameters with trends by day since initial hospitalization.
| Laboratory parameter | Reference range | Admission | Hospital day 4 | Hospital day 6 | Hospital day 11 | Discharge – LOS 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leukocytes (× 103) | 4.5 – 11 | 9.9 | 13.8 H | |||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 14 – 16 | 13.3 L | 11.1 L | |||
| MCV (fL) | 80 – 99 | 73.3 | 73.6 L | |||
| Thrombocytes (× 103) | 150 – 400 | 510 H | 447 H | |||
| Sodium (mEq/L) | 135 – 145 | 133 L | 133 L | 132 L | 138 | |
| Potassium (mEq/L) | 3.5 – 5.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 H | 4.2 | 4.5 | |
| Chloride (mmol/L) | 98 – 107 | 104 | 96 L | 99 | 99 | |
| Bicarbonate (mEq/L) | 21 – 29 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 31 H | |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 5 – 20 | 21 H | 21 H | 21 H | 23 H | |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.7 – 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 L | 0.8 | |
| Estimated glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73m2) | 111 | 111 | 133 | 111 | ||
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 60 – 105 | 106 H | 134 H | 81 | ||
| Anion gap | 3 – 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Magnesium | 1.5 – 2.6 | 2 | ||||
| Lipase (U/L) | 25 – 250 | 38 | ||||
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.1 – 1.2 | 1.3 H | ||||
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 15 – 45 | 42 | ||||
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 5 – 40 | 76 H | ||||
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 40 – 125 | 146 H | ||||
| Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) | 771 H | |||||
| CK (U/L) | 25 – 175 | |||||
| BNP (pg/mL) | 0 – 125 | 1,010 H | ||||
| Serum osm (mOsm/kg) | 284 – 306 | 280 L | ||||
| Coagulation | Reference range | |||||
| aPTT (s) | 24.8 – 36.9 | 56.2 H | ||||
| PT (s) | 12.1 – 14.2 | 15.2 H | ||||
| INR | 1 – 1.1 | 1.2 H | ||||
| Immunologic analysis | Reference range | |||||
| Protein C activity (%) | 70 – 180 | 132 | 123 | |||
| Protein S activity (%) | 70 – 150 | 31 L | 21 L | |||
| Interleukin 6 (pg/mL) | 0 – 5 | 16.26 H | ||||
| Factor V mutation | Wild type | Wild type | Wild type | |||
| Factor II mutation | Wild type | Wild type | Wild type |
H = high; L = low.