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Table 1 Summary of the patient’s laboratory data

From: Critical iron deficiency anemia with record low hemoglobin: a case report

Laboratory

On admission

Reference range

WBC

5400/mm3

4500–10,000/mm3

RBC

1.14 M/mm3

3.9–5.1 M/mm3

Hgb

1.4 g/dL

12.0–14.6 g/dL

Hct

5.8%

36.0–44.0%

MCV

< 50.0 fL

82.0–97.0 fL

RDW

21.9%

12–15%

Platelet

232,000/mm3

160,000–360,000/mm3

Retic Pct

2.7%

0.6–2.4%

Abs retic

31 × 109/L

29–116 × 109/L

PT

17.6 seconds

11.8–14.4 seconds

INR

1.46

0.87–1.13

PTT

32.5 seconds

24.4–36.6 seconds

Fibrinogen

332 mg/dL

237–481 mg/dL

d-dimer

2.16 μg/mL

≤ 0.49 μg/mL

Alk Phos

150 U/L

35–104 U/L

AST

81 U/L

10–35 U/L

ALT

36 U/L

10–35 U/L

Protein total

5.6 g/dL

6–8 g/dL

Bili total

0.5 mg/dL

≤ 1.0 mg/dL

Bili direct

0.3 mg/dL

≤ 0.3 mg/dL

Iron

9 μg/dL

37–145 μg/dL

TIBC

441 μg/dL

250–430 μg/dL

Iron sat

2%

15–50%

Ferritin

4 ng/mL

12–263 ng/mL

Haptoglobin

168 mg/dL

30–200 mg/dL

LDH

206 U/L

135–225 U/L

Folate

12.8 ng/mL

≥ 4.6 ng/mL

Vitamin B12

1,019 pg/mL

232–1245 pg/mL

  1. WBC White Blood Cell Count, RBC Red Blood Cell Count, Hgb Hemoglobin, Hct Hematocrit, MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume, RDW Red Cell Distribution Width, Retic Pct Reticulocyte Percentage, Abs retic Absolute Reticulocyte Count, PT Prothrombin Time, INR International Normalized Ratio, PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time, Alk Phos Alkaline Phosphatase, AST Aspartate transaminase, ALT Alanine Aminotransferase, Bili total Bilirubin total, Bili direct Direct bilirubin, TIBC Total iron binding capacity, LDH Lactate Dehydrogenase