Fig. 2.

Laboratory tests and medications.

PH, potential of hydrogen; PCO2, partial pressure of carbon dioxide; PO2, partial pressure of oxygen; HCO3: bicarbonate; BE, base excess; VBG, venous blood gas; WBC, white blood cell; Neut, neutrophil; Lymph, lymphocyte; RBC, red blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; PLT, platelet; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Pr, protein; Glu, glucose; POS, positive; Neg, negative. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)