Lab Case 352 Interpretation

70 year old female presents to ED with a 1 month history of vomiting and diarrhoea. Over the last few days she has started to feel increasingly weak and had a few episodes of confusion. The patient has a background history of one previous episode small bowel colitis for which she was treated with a short course of steroids 2 years ago. On examination HR 102 BP 90/540 Apyrexial Sats 97% RA RR18. She has dry mucous membranes and decreased skin turgor and CPR 3 seconds.

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