Table 2

Representing the laboratory data.

Measurement
 admission
 day 1
 day 2
 day 3
 day 4
 day 5
 Normal Values
WBC
 8
 8.3
 10.5*
 6.7
 7.3
 8.3
 4.0 – 9.2 × 103/mm3
Hb
 6.9*
 8.6*
 11.5*
 11.9*
 13.3
 15
 12.1 – 15.2 g/dL
Platelet
 217
 246
 318
 380
 468*
 425
 150 – 450 × 103/mm3
ALT
 103*
 100*
 86*
 100*
 130*
 77*
 10 – 60 IU/L
AST
 179*
 111*
 91*
 75*
 68*
 30
 10 – 42 IU/L
ESR
21*
 11


0 – 20 mm/hour
T.Bil.
 8*
 5*
 1.8*
 2.3*
 1.5*
 1.2*
 0.2 – 1 mg/dL
LDH
778*
1182*
 589*
90 – 180 IU/L
CPK
 112




30 – 165 IU/L

*means abnormal values.

Black arrow indicating the timing when intravenous glucocorticoids were given to the patient.

WBC = White blood count, MCV = Mean corpuscular volume, Hb = Hemoglobin, ALT = Alanine aminotransferase, AST = Aspartate aminotransferase, T.Bil = Total bilirubin, LDH = Lactate dehydrogenase, INR = International ratio, CPK = Creatinine phosphokinase.

Kosseifi et al. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2006 1:9   doi:10.1186/1745-6673-1-9

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