Lab case 424

19 year-old-man recently returned from Sudan presented with fever.

His Bloods showed the following:

Hb = 115 g/L

RCC = 4.30

PCV = 0.345

MCHC = 333

MCV = 80

MCH = 26.7

RDW = 15

Platelets = 86

WCC = 5.7

Na = 126 mmol/L

K = 3.1 mmol/L

Cl = 94 mmol/L

HCO3 = 22 mmol/L

Urea = 4.4 mmol/L

Creatinine = 102 umol/L

Bilirubin = 32 umol/L   (<21)

GGT = 49 U/L   (<31)

Rest of the liver function test were within normal ranges.

 

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