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Table 1 Blood tests

From: A patient full of surprises: a body packer with cocaine intoxication, pneumococcal pneumonia and HIV infection

 

value at admission

normal range

Sodium

128

136–145 mmol/l

Potassium

5.8

3.3–4.5 mmol/l

Calcium total

2.07

2.09–2.54 mmol/l

Calcium corr.

2.35

2.09–2.54 mmol/l

Phosphate

1.68

0.87–1.45 mmol/l

Glucose (fasting)

2.8

3.4–5.6 mmol/l

Creatinine

181

62–106 mcmol/l

Urea

22.7

2.14–7.14 mmol/l

Lactate dehydrogenase

579

240–480 U/l

Aspartate aminotransferase

81

<  50 U/L

Alanine aminotransferase

18

<  50 U/L

Gamma-glutamyltransferase

11

<  60 U/L

Alkaline phosphatase

61

40–130 U/l

Bilirubin

9

<  21 mcmol/l

Albumin

29

40–49 g/l

C reactive protein

231

<  5 mg/l

Creatine kinase

1000

<  190 U/l

Troponin

16

<  14 ng/l

Cortisol

686

74–286 mmol/l

Hemoglobin

75

134–170 g/l

Hematocrit

0.233

0.4–0.5

Erythrocyte count

2.76

4.2–5.7 × 1012/l

Mean corpuscular volume

84.4

80–100 fl

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

27.2

26–34 pg

Reticulocyte count

81

27–132 109/l

Platelet count

161

143–400 109/l

White blood cell count

7.92

3.0–9.6 109/l

Neutrophil count

4.36

1.4–8.0 109/l

Monocyte count

1.43

0.16–0.95 109/l

Lymphocyte count

2.12

1.5–4.0 109/l

INR

1.4

<  1.2