Case Report
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 |
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