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Table 1 Timeline of pertinent laboratory data

From: Hemolysis as a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of hemodialysis: a case report

 

0 hour

5 hours

48 hours

Day 5

Day 10

Hemoglobin (gm/dL)

*

*

12.1

11.1

10.4

Hematocrit (%)

10

10

33.3

33.8

30.6

Platelet (microliter)

487,000

79,000

clumping

80,000

196,000

Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L)

N/A

*

1722

664

N/A

Haptoglobin (mg/dL)

N/A

*

<31

120

N/A

  1. *Interference of laboratory values was a result of free hemoglobin producing a red discoloration of the serum even after centrifugation.
  2. N/A: not available. Test was not ordered at that time.