Severe Diarrhea in a 4-Month-Old Baby Girl with Acute Gastroenteritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Laboratory results.

	Day 1			Day 2		Day 3		Day 4		Day 5	Day 7	Day 21	Normal values
	4 pm	6 pm	11 pm	8 am	3 pm	8 am	4 pm	1 am	8 am	9 am	8 pm	N/A
WBC/PMN (*10^9/L)	12/7.6			31.9/24.9	25.8/21.7	13.1/8.1			21.2/8.4	17.2/4	11.2/1.9	8.1/2.6	6–17.5/1.0–8.5
Hb (g/dL)/Ht (%)	12.6/36.4			10.9/31.7	9.1/25.3	9.9/27.4			10/28.5	10.6/30	10.7/29.7	10.8/32.1	11.1–14.1/31–41
Platelets (*10^9/L)	1085			931	814	620			948	926	940	742	300–750
CRP (mg/dL)	<0.05			1	2	1.3			0.14	0.06	0.05	<0.05	<1
pH	7.21	7.22	7.22	7.23	7.26	7.28	7.26	7.39	7.33	7.45	7.36		7.38–7.46
Bicarbonate/base Excess (mEq/L)	8/−19.3	12/−16	11.4/−16	10/−21.7*	13/−15	11/−18	13/−14	13/−15	15/−12	20.6/−5.4	23/−1.3	23	24–30/(−)3–(+)3
BUN (mg/dL)	61	53		24	18				5		10	17	10–50
Na (mEq/L)	146		145	147	149	156	148	139	141	142	140	136	129–143

BUN: blood urea nitrogen; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hd/Ht: hemoglobin/hematocrit; Na: sodium; N/A: not available; PMN: polymorphonuclear neutrophils; WBC: white blood cells.