Case Report
Successful Resuscitation of a Patient with Life-Threatening Metabolic Acidosis by Hemodialysis: A Case of Ethylene Glycol Intoxication
Table 1
Laboratory data in the first hospital.
| | Parameters | Day −1 | Day 1 | | 1 am | 4 pm | 9 pm | 4 am |
| | RBC (× 104/μL) | 544 | 639 | 590 | 544 | | Hb (g/dL) | 16.7 | 17 | 19.6 | 16.6 | | WBC (/μL) | 8,570 | 22,350 | 34,770 | 87,860 | | Plt (× 104/μL) | 25.3 | 30.3 | 34.3 | 34.1 | | TP (g/dl) | 7.8 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 7.8 | | Alb (g/dl) | 5.1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | | LDH (IU/L) | 176 | 347 | 254 | 386 | | BUN (mg/dl) | 13.9 | 11.8 | 17.2 | 29.8 | | Cr (mg/dl) | 0.69 | 0.94 | 1.38 | 3.1 | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 91.2 | 65.1 | 42.7 | 17.6 | | Na (mEq/L) | 142 | 144 | 141 | 145 | | K (mEq/L) | 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | | Cl (mEq/L) | 107 | 117 | 115 | 115 | | Ca (mg/dl) | 10.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.4 | | CRP (mg/dl) | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | 0.5 | | Arterial pH | | 7.07 | 7.0 | 6.8 | | PaO2 (mmHg) | | 138 | 209 | 211 | | PaCO2 (mmHg) | | 10 | 16 | 21 | | Bicarbonate (mmol/L) | | 2.8 | 7.8 | 6.2 | | Base excess (mmol/L) | | −24 | −25 | −28 |
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