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Table 1 Relevant blood samples and their timing

From: Hoffmann’s syndrome necessitating forearm fasciotomy: a case report

Timing of blood samples

TSH (μIU/ml)

fT4 (μmol/L)

CK (IU/L)

Reference range

(0.20–4.30)

(9–22)

(40–280)

Four weeks before admission in EU

11.8

7

nm

Eight hours before fasciotomy

nm

nm

1722

Eight hours after fasciotomy

30.5

7

3421

Day 2 after surgery and levothyroxine therapy

24.4

6

1747

One week after discharge

1.7

13

115

  1. CK creatinine kinase, EU emergency unit, fT4 free thyroxine, nm not measured, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone