Table 1

Patient’s baseline, presentation and 1-month follow-up labs

Investigation	Normal range	Baseline	Presentation	1-month follow-up
Complete Blood Count
Red cell count	4.0–5.2 x10¹²/L	3.37	2.66	3.22
White cell count	4.5–11.0x10⁹/L	2.46	2.77	2.80
Haemoglobin	120–150 g/L	110	87	97
Platelets	150.0–350.0x10⁹/L	131	146	290
Absolute Neutrophil Count	1.5–7.80x10⁹/L	1.24	1.44	1.97
Mean Corpuscular Volume	80.0–100.0 fL	100.3	96.6	95.0
Complete Metabolic Panel
Na	135–143 mmol/L	142	140	141
K	3.6–5.0 mmol/L	4.6	4.1	4.6
Cl	98–107 mmol/L	107	105	104
HCO₃	23–27 mmol/L	30	24	26
BUN	7–20 mg/dL	34	35	28
Cr	0.5–1.6 mg/dL	1.0	0.8	0.9
Alb	3.5–5.5 g/dL	4.3	3.1	3.8
Bili	<1.2 mg/dL	<0.2	<0.2	0.4
Alk phos	33–147 µ(IU)/L	79	64	80
Aspartate Aminotransferase	8–33 U/L	15	18	14
Alanine Transaminase	7–55 U/L	11	20	25
Glucose	71–99 mg/dL	91	149	112
Additional studies
Brain Natriuretic Peptide	20–127 pg/mL	194	356	248
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate	0–30 mm/hour	49	126	108
C-Reactive Protein	0.15–5.0 mg/L	2.4	6.9	2.3
Thyroid studies
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone	0.35–2.00 µ(IU)/mL	1.18	<0.02	<0.02
Free T4	0.9–1.7 ng/dL	1.4	7.2	1.3
Total T3	0.8–2.8 ng/mL	1.1	5.3	1.3
Thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin	<140% baseline	–	347	438
Thyroid peroxidase	0–9.0 IU/mL	–	8.9	8.6

– shows lab value was not obtained or no value was available per patient records.