Table 1.

Laboratory investigations from admission up to discharge and then on follow-up

Investigations	On admission to this hospital	On admission to another hospital	Second day	Third day	Fifth day	Seventh day	Follow-up 1 month after discharge	Reference range
Haemoglobin, g/L	143	136	140	134	140	154	139	115–164
White cell count, 109/L	9.2	5.8	9.3	14.2	13.8	9.2	5.9	4–11
Neutrophils, 109 /L	7.7						3.9	1.9–7.5
Lymphocytes, 109 /L	0.8						1.4	1–4
Platelets, 109 /L	66	87	110	164	188	200	194	150–400
Alanine aminotransferase, iU/L	83	87	78				144	0–40
Alkaline phosphatase, iU/L	317	296	290				266	30–130
Gamma glutamyl transferase, iU/L	194						240	6–42
Total bilirubin, μmol/L	11	12	10				8	0–21
Albumin, g/L	42	35	36				47	35–50
Total protein, g/L	73						74	60–80
Prothrombin time, seconds	13						12	9–14
International normalised ratio	1.0	1.0					1.0	0.8–1.2
activated partial thromboplastin time, seconds	30						31	24–35
D-dimer assay, ng/mL	6735						235	Less than 500
Fibrinogen assay, g/L	4.12						3.64	2–6
C reactive protein, mg/L	19	25					2	0–10
Urea, mmol/L	2.5	3.5	3.8				2.9	2.5–7.8
Creatinine, μmol/L	57	53	57				61	44–80
estimated glomerular filtration rate, mL/min	>90						>90
Sodium, mmol/L	137	135	139				141	133–146
Potassium, mmol/L	4.1	4.0	4.0				4.1	3.5–5.3
Chloride, mmol/L	104							95–108
Bicarbonate, mmol/L	27.2							22–29
Glucose, mmol/L	7.0							4.0–7.8
Lactate, mmol/L	1.4							1–1.5
pH	7.48							7.35–7.45
Antiplatelet factor 4 antibodies	>3.0 OD						2.87 OD	<0.4 negative 0.4–1.0 weakly positive >1.0 positive

OD, optical density.