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Table 1 Initial laboratory values

From: Roundtable debate: Controversies in the management of the septic patient – desperately seeking consensus

Parameter

Value

Potassium

3.5 mmol/l

Chloride

99 mmol/l

Carbon dioxide

19.9 mmol/l

BUN

26 mg/dl

Creatinine

1.9 mg/dl

Glucose

89 mg/dl

Hematocrit

43.7%

Platelet count

137,000 mm3

Bands

18%

PT/INR

14.8 s/1.4

PTT

48.9 s

D-dimer

>1000 ng/ml

PH

7.32

PO2

101 mmHg

PCO2

27 mmHg

ECG

Narrow complex tachycardia with2–3 mm ST-segment depressions in leads V3–V5

  1. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; INR, international normalized ratio; PCO2, partial carbon dioxide tension; PO2, partial oxygen tension; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time.