Table 1. Laboratory results prior to and during admission.
1 Hemoglobin and hematocrit could not be processed until day seven of admission due to “interfering substances”
| Laboratory test | Results three months prior to presentation | Results at initial presentation | Results on Day 1 | Results on Day 7 | Results at discharge (Day 9) | Reference Range |
| White-cell count | 4.71 k/mm3 | 4.64 k/mm3 | 3.41 k/mm3 | 6.65 k/mm3 | 7.35 k/mm3 | 4.6-10.8 k/mm3 |
| Hemoglobin | 12.1 g/dL | - 1 | - 1 | 10.5 g/dL | 10.0 g/dL | 13.9-18 g/dL |
| Hematocrit | 33.7% | - 1 | - 1 | 28.2% | 27.4% | 41-52% |
| Platelet count | 213 k/mm3 | 47 k/mm3 | 54 k/mm3 | 194 k/mm3 | 387 k/mm3 | 130-440 k/mm3 |
| Blasts | 0 k/mm3 | 0.05 k/mm3 | 0 k/mm3 | 0 k/mm3 | 0 k/mm3 | 0-0 k/mm3 |
| Creatinine | 0.9 mg/dL | 1.3 mg/dL | 1.3 mg/dL | 0.9 mg/dL | 0.8 mg/dL | 0.5-1.2 mg/dL |
| Sodium | 142 mmol/L | 122 mmol/L | 120 mmol/L | 136 mmol/L | 137 mmol/L | 135-145 mmol/L |
| Potassium | 4.3 mmol/L | 3.9 mmol/L | 3.8 mmol/L | 3.8 mmol/L | 4.1 mmol/L | 3.5-5.0 mmol/L |
| Chloride | 106 mmol/L | 86 mmol/L | 84 mmol/L | 98 mmol/L | 99 mmol/L | 98-108 mmol/L |
| Calcium | 9.3 mg/dL | 8.0 mg/dL | 7.9 mg/dL | 8.9 mg/dL | 8.8 mg/dL | 8.4-10.5 mg/dL |
| Total bilirubin | 0.5 mg/dL | 0.6 mg/dL | 0.3 mg/dL | 0.6 mg/dL | 0.5 mg/dL | 0.0-1.3 mg/dL |
| Alkaline phosphatase | 46 U/L | 39 U/L | 42 U/L | 59 U/L | 65 U/L | 0-125 U/L |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | 33 U/L | 280 U/L | 305 U/L | 277 U/L | 150 U/L | 0-45 U/L |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) | 16 U/L | 61 U/L | 77 U/L | 196 U/L | 145 U/L | 0-40 U/L |
| Fibrinogen | - | 230 mg/dL | - | - | - | 207-451 mg/dL |
| D-dimer | - | 2.75 ug/mL | - | - | - | <=0.49 ug/mL |
| INR | - | 1.1 | 1.1 | - | - | 0.9-1.2 |
| Prothrombin time | - | 13.9 sec | 13.8 sec | - | - | 12.2-14.8 sec |
| Triglycerides | - | 238 mg/dL | - | - | 142 mg/dL | 0-149 mg/dL |
| Ferritin | - | 61,781 ng/mL | - | 7,625 ng/mL | - | 30-285 ng/mL |