Life-Threatening Manifestation of Diarrhea

Table 1

Laboratory test results.

Laboratory values	Lab results on admission	Lab results on day 1	Lab results on day 7	Normal values
Hematocrit	31.4	24.7%	33.5	42–51%
White blood cell (WBC) count	12.8	8.5	8.4	4.8–10.8 K/uL
Platelet count	555 k	346 K	403 k	150–400 K/uL
Prothrombin time	11.9	—	—	9.5–12 seconds
Activated partial thromboplastin time	27.4	—	—	26.1–33.8 seconds
Serum sodium	132	135	139	135–145 mEq/L
Serum potassium	3.6	2.6	3.6	3.5–5 mEq/L
Serum chloride	98	106	102	98–108 mEq/L
Serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN)	33	37	4	6–20 mg/dL
Serum creatinine	2.7	5.4	0.6	0.5–1.5 mg/dL
Serum bicarbonate	9	8	32	24–30 mEq/L
Anion gap	25	21	5	9–15 mmoles/L
Serum lipase	105	—	—	<61 U/L
Serum total protein	10.3	7.2	6.2	6–8.5 g/dL
Serum albumin	5.7	4.2	3.1	3.2–4.8 g/dL
Serum alanine aminotransferase	23	18	162	5–40 U/L
Serum aspartate transaminase	41	57	118	6–36 U/L
Serum alkaline phosphatase	70	62	256	42–98 U/L
Serum total bilirubin	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2–1.2 mg/dL
Serum ferritin	—	9.1	—	30–400 ng/mL