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Table 1 Laboratory investigations and Chest radiograph during stay in two hospitals (Local and Teaching Hospital Peradeniya)

From: A case of delayed neurological manifestation following carbon monoxide poisoning in Sri Lanka: epidemiology of exposure and literature review

 

At 1st presentation to local hospital (10th November 2016)

At 2nd presentation to THP (28th December 2016)

Reference value

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 5

Day 8

Day 12

Day 14

White blood cell

10

9.8

–

10.47

11.5

15.8

16.3

14.5

4–10 103 /uL

Haemoglobin

15.7

15

–

15.5

15

14.3

13.2

13.1

11–16 g/dl

Platelets

291

200

–

154

160

200

130

138

150–450 103 /uL

AST

44

–

44

–

–

–

70

45

0–40 umol/l

ALT

35

–

28

–

–

–

51

41

0–40 umol/l

Serum creatinine

99

88

–

102

107

–

108

122

59–104 umol/l

C-reactive protein

5.1

–

5.5

–

9.0

–

20

18

0–10 mg/l

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate mm 1sthr

5

–

9

–

6

–

–

–

3–13 mm

Serum sodium

140

144

138

140

142

–

145

148

135–145 mmol/l

Serum potassium

4.6

4.05

4.57

4.7

4.1

–

4.3

4.2

3.6–5 mmol/l

Serum calcium

 

2.33

2.4

–

2.4

–

–

–

2.2–2.6 mmol/l

Serum magnesium

–

–

0.89

–

1.04

–

–

–

0.73–1.06 mmol/l

CSF analysis

–

Appearance-Colorless transparent; CSF protein 34 (15–45 mg/dl); WBC 1 (100%Lymp (0–5 Cu mm)); CSF glucose-3.2 mmol/l (Random blood sugar 5.1); CSF viral studies (HSV/Entero/flavi), Mycobacterium tuberculosis smear (Acid-fast stain), CSF Culture: all negative

Chest X-ray

 

–

Normal

–

–

–

Right upper and middle lobe opacities

  1. AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, WBC white blood cells, HSV Herpes simplex virus