Necrotising Myositis, the Deadly Impersonator

Table 1

Blood results from patients 1 and 2 taken upon admission to our hospital before plastic surgery referral.

Test	Patient 1	Patient 2	Units	Range
Haemoglobin	15.3	12.0	g/dL	12–15
Sodium	127	125	mmol/L	135–145
Potassium	5.1	3.7	mmol/L	3.5–5.0
Urea	10.1	15.1	mmol/L	2.5–6.7
eGFR	34	19	mL/min/1.73 m^2
Creatinine	150	222	umol/L	54–145
Bilirubin	62	7	umol/L	3–17
ALT	249	52	IU/L	10–45
AST	817	—	IU/L	15–42
ALP	450	146	IU/L	75–250
Albumin	31	26	g/L	35–50
Creatine kinase	35040	1948	IU/L	24–195
Glucose	5.2	6.5	mmol/L
INR	1.8	1.5	ratio	0.7–1.2
WCC	6.93	29.8	×10^9/L	4.0–11.0
CRP	>156	>156	mg/L	0–8

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate (automated); ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; INR: international normalised ratio; WCC: white cells count; CRP: C-reactive protein.