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Table 2 Profiles of laboratory investigations

From: Pneumocystis jirovecii-related spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in a liver transplant recipient: a case report

 

Pre-transplant

Day of transplantation

24 months post-transplant

Day of hospital admission

Day of pneumothorax confirmed

Day of discharge from hospital

30 months post-transplant

Reference range

Complete blood picture

 white blood cell (wcc, ×109/L)

3.15

6.82

8.97

11.92

22.61

6.91

4.53

3.89–9.93

 Neutrophil (×109/L)

2.30

2.93

8.40

10.51

19.76

4.69

3.17

2.01–7.42

 Lymphocyte (×  109/L)

0.50

0.75

0.43

0.63

1.93

1.66

1.05

1.06–3.61

 Monocyte (×109/L)

0.16

0.22

0.14

0.69

0.83

0.21

0.26

0.18–0.65

 Hemoglobin (Hb, g/dL)

10.1

9.8

10.6

11.6

10.1

9.3

11.3

11.5–14.8

 Platelet (Plt, ×109/L)

116

121

114

265

352

209

126

154–371

Clotting profile

 PT (sec)

13.6

34.8

13.2

13.1

13.3

12.5

12.9

 

 INR

1.2

3.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.1

 

 APTT (sec)

30.3

> 110.0

25.7

29.1

26.1

22.5

26.8

 

Renal function test

 Sodium (Na, mmol/L)

141

153

139

140

129

139

143

136–148

 Potassium (K, mmol/L)

3.7

4.1

4.7

4.6

4.0

3.5

5.0

3.6–5.0

 Urea (mmol/L)

6.1

9.4

13.4

12.7

14.6

1.7

15.0

2.9–8.0

 Creatinine (umol/L)

62

63

94

158

96

56

80

49–82

Liver function test

 Total protein (g/L)

80

27

66

71

57

62

86

67–87

 Albumin (Alb, g/L)

29

< 10

40

43

30

32

44

39–50

 Globulin (Glo, g/L)

51

19

26

28

27

30

42

26–40

 Bilirubin, total (μmol/L)

126

127

7

21

5

7

8

4–23

 Alkaline phosphatase (ALP, U/L)

264

41

91

92

116

145

115

47–124

 Alanine transaminase (ALT, U/L)

106

1025

57

30

38

52

63

7–36

 Aspartate transaminase (AST, U/L)

147

2339

26

24

63

47

50

14–30

 Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT, U/L)

100

42

68

45

NA

NA

101

Up to 35

Arterial blood gas

NA

NA

NA

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 FiO2

   

21%

    

 pH

   

7.43

   

7.35–7.45

 pCO2 (kPa)

   

4.0

   

4.7–6.0

 pO2 (kPa)

   

12.7

   

10.6–14.0

 Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

   

19

   

22–26

 Base excess (mmol/L)

   

−4

   

−4 - + 2

  1. NA not available