TABLE 1.

Inpatient laboratory values

Admission	Case 1		Case 2
	Hour 0	Hour 12	Hour 0	Hour 12
Hematocrit, %	33	32	40	38
Sodium, mmol/L	145	144	143	138
Potassium, mmol/L	5.5	4	5.4
PH	6.6	7.1	6.9	7.2
HCO3, mmol/L	5	10	8.8
Urea nitrogen, mmol/L	7	4	8	6
Creatinine, μmol/L	90	70	110	80
Lactate, mmol/L	1.2	1	1.4	1.1
Albumin, g/L	34
Glucose, mmol/L	34	18	6.2	11
Anion gap	38	20
β‐hydroxybutyrate, mmol	9	3.3	6.9	2.4

Abbreviation: CO₂, carbon dioxide.