Case Report

McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome Presenting with Acute Kidney Injury and Metabolic Alkalosis: Case Report and Narrative Review

Table 1

Laboratory values from first admission to postoperative day 4.

Day 0 (admission)Day 7 (discharge)Day 9 (readmission)Day 14 (PO #4)

WBC count (x 109/L)11.513.126.97.1
Hemoglobin (g/L)15212713790
Platelets (x109/L)191176330226
Creatinine (mol/L)33811312759
Sodium (meq/L)120128112136
Potassium (meq/L)1.72.72.53.8
Chloride (meq/L)618263106
pH7.577.547.53
Bicarbonates (meq/L)433534
Urine sodium (meq/L)6<5<5
Urine potassium (meq/L)28.942.421.2
Urine chloride (meq/L)<10<10<10
Serum renin (ng/L)152
Serum aldosterone (pmol/L)3000

PO #4 = postoperative day 4; WBC = white blood cell.