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Table 1 Trend of biochemical investigations of the mother

From: Acalypha indica induced acute oxidative haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia: two case reports

Investigation

Reference range

Day 0 (hospital stay)

Day 1

Day 3

Day 5

Day 7

Total white cell count

4–10 × 103/μL

18.95

 

20.83

25.17

 

Neutrophil percentage

50–70%

81

 

64

  

Lymphocyte percentage

20–40%

15

 

22.8

  

Haemoglobin

11–16 g/dL

9.3

4.7

3.8

9.0 (post transfusion)

 

haematocrit

37–54%

26.9

 

10.8

  

Mean corpuscular volume

80–100 fL

85.9

    

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentratiom

32–36 g/dL

24.6

    

Platelet count

150–450 × 103/μL

437

198

170

148

 

Retic index

0.3–3%

1.67

  

6.53

 

Lctate dehydrogenase

225–450 U/L

 

1120.4

   

Blood urea

3.5–5.5 mmol/L

 

10.4

 

14.08

13.6

Serum creatinine

59–104 μmol/L

160

137.3

 

133.2

81.6

Serum sodium

135–145 mmol/L

 

135

  

141

Serum potassium

3.5–5.0 mmol/L

 

4.1

  

3.3

Total bilirubin

3–21 μmol/L

 

56.1

 

49.92

 

Indirect bilirubin

2–14 μmol/L

 

24.9

 

33.2

 

AST

13–37 U/L

 

116.2

   

ALT

7–40 U/L

 

29.3

   

GGT

15–38 U/L

 

36.0

   

ALP

53–128 U/L

 

55.4

   

Serum Albumin

3.2–5.4 g/dL

 

4.5

   

Serum globulin

2.0–3.5 g/dL

 

3.5

   

C-reactive protein

< 5 g/L

 

141

  

50

Urine protein

0

3 + proteinuria

    

Urine red cells

< 5

3–4 denatured red cells

    
  1. ALT Alanine transaminase; ALP Alkaline phosphatase; AST Aspartate transaminase; GGT Gamma glutamyl transferase; dL Deciliter; mmol Millimoles; L liter; μL Microliter