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Table 3 Case two selected laboratory results

From: Analytical validation and establishment of reference intervals for a ‘high-sensitivity’ cardiac troponin-T assay in horses

  

Time of

admission

36 h

Post-adm.

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT

 

RBC (x 1012/L) [6.4–10.4]

10.9

5.7

Hct (%) [30.0–47.0]

44

22.7

WBC (x 1012/L) [4.9–11.1]

13.6

7.1

NEU (x 1012/L) [2.5–6.9]

10.2

5.6

LYM (x 1012/L) [1.5–5.1]

2.4

1.1

MONO (x 1012/L) [0.2–0.6]

1.0

0.4

EOS (x 1012/L) [0.0–0.8]

0

0

BASO (x 1012/L) [0.0–0.1]

0.02

0.01

PLT (K/μL) [100–250]

238

196

Fibrinogen Manual (g/L)

7

5

CHEMISTRY

 

UREA (mmol/L) [3.6–8.9]

> 46.4

40.6

CREA (μmol/L) [71–194]

Too high to report

Too high to report

CA (mmol/L) [2.6–3.2]

2.1

2.7

Total Protein (g/L) [56–79]

77

49

ALB (g/L) [19–32]

29

18

GLOB (g/L) [24–47]

48

31

AST (U/L) [100–600]

410

442

ALKP (U/L) [10–326]

195

134

GGT (U/L) [0–87]

17

20

TBIL (μmol/L) [0–60]

25

20

CK (U/L) [10–350]

505

361

LDH (U/L) [250–2070]

1694

2058

Na (mmol/L) [133–150]

104

147

K (mmol/L) [3.0–5.3]

2.3

2.4

Cl (mmol/L) [97–109]

79

116

HscTnT (ng/L)

 

5723

BLOOD GAS

 

Venous

Arterial

 

pH (7.35–7.45)

7.3

7.3

pCO2 (mmHg) [3.6–8.9]

40.4

38.4

PO2 (mmHg)

48

61

HCO3 (mmol/L) [25.0–30.0]

18

18.9

T CO2 (mmol/L) [24–32]

19

20

Base Excess [−5 to +5]

−9

−8

sO2 (%)

77

89

Lactate (mmol/L) [0.3–1.5]

3.0

0.9

URINE

 

USG

1.009

 

Fraction of Excretion–Na (%)

 

40

Fraction of Excretion–Cl (%)

 

68

Fraction of Excretion–K (%)

 

157

  1. Selected laboratory results for Case two, a 14 year old QH mare diagnosed with Potomac Horse Fever, and subsequent myocardial damage