Table 1.
Selected lab values during admission
| Time | Baseline (1 year prior to admission) | Day of admission | Day 10 of admission (after 1 day of ceftazidime) | Day 11 of admission (after ceftazidime discontinued for 1 day) | Day 16 of admission (discharge date) |
One month after discharge |
| BMP | ||||||
| Na (mmol/L) | 140 | 139 | 139 | 141 | 141 | 140 |
| K (mmol/L) | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| Cl (mmol/L) | 100 | 100 | 103 | 102 | 104 | 104 |
| CO2 (mmol/L) | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| BUN (mg/dL) | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Creatine (mg/dL) | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.84 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 291 | 229 | 182 | 216 | 168 | – |
| Ca (mg/dL) | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| LFTs | ||||||
| ALT (U/L) | 13 | – | 891 | 489 | 131 | 16 |
| AST (U/L) | 12 | – | 679 | 343 | 30 | 14 |
| ALP (U/L) | 120 | – | 491 | 376 | 196 | 123 |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.2 | – | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Direct bilirubin (mg/dL) | <0.2 | – | <0.2 | – | – | |
| GGT (U/L) | – | – | 996 | – | – | |
| Total protein (g/dL) | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | |||
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | |||
| Coagulation panel | ||||||
| PT (s) | – | 10.6 | ||||
| INR | – | 1.02 | ||||
| PTT (s) | – | 25.1 | ||||
| CBC* | ||||||
| WCC (x109/L) | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| HCT (%) | 32.1 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 34.4 | 33.5 | 36.5 |
| Hgb (g/L) | 93 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 102 | 115 |
| Plt (x109/L) | 260 | 266 | 203 | 257 | 257 | 271 |
| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| CK (U/L) | – | 42 | ||||
| CRP, high sensitivity (mg/L) | – | 27.3 | 3.9 | |||
| Ferritin (ng/mL) | – | 74 | ||||
| Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL) | – | 27 (18–51 normal) | ||||
| ANA | <1:80 | |||||
| Antismooth muscle (F-actin) IgG (U/mL) | – | 9 (<20 normal) |
*Normal differential and mean corpuscular volume.
ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ANA, Antinuclear Antibodies; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMP, Basic Metabolic Panel; CBC, complete blood count; CK, creatine kinase; CRP, C reactive protein; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; HCT, haematocrit; Hgb, haemoglobin; INR, International Normalized Ratio; LFT, liver function test; Plt, platelet; PT, Prothrombin Time; PTT, Partial Thromboplastin Time; WCC, white cell count.