Table 1 Laboratory results at admission, midpoint of hospital stay, and discharge
From: Culture negative empyema in a critically ill child: an opportunity for rapid molecular diagnostics
Complete blood count | Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
White blood cell count | 17,000 cells/dL | 19,400 cells/dL | 13,200 cells/dL |
Differential | 69% neutrophils | 73% neutrophils | 64% neutrophils |
| Â | 18% lymphocytes | 17% lymphocytes | 27% lymphocytes |
13% monocytes | 9% monocytes | 8% monocytes | |
Hemoglobin | 8.7 g/dL | 7.3 g/dL | 8.8 g/dL |
Hematocrit | 26% | 23% | 23% |
Platelets | 314 thous/UL | 350 thous/UL | 595 thous/UL |
Mean corpuscular volume of (Hct/RBC count x 10) | 74 femtoliters | 79 femtoliters | 79 femtoliters |
Comprehensive metabolic profile | |||
Sodium | 138 mmol/L | 136 mmol/L | Not repeated |
Potassium | 3.9 mmol/L | 4.7 mmol/L | |
Chloride | 106 mmol/L | 108 mmol/L | |
Bicarbonate | 21 mmol/L | 21 mmol/L | |
Blood urea nitrogen | 13 mg/d | 2 mg/d | |
Creatinine | 0.51 mg/dl | 0.36 mg/dl | |
Total protein | 5.6 gm/d | 4.8 gm/d | |
Albumin | 2.7 gm/dl | 2.1 gm/dl | |
Calcium | 8.8 mg/dl | 8.5 mg/dl | |
Total bilirubin | 0.4 mg/dl | 0.5 mg/dl | |
Alanine transaminase | 25 U/L | 26 U/L | |
Aspartate transaminase | 22 U/L | 21 U/L | |
Alkaline phosphatase | 186 U/L | 114 U/L | |
Microbiology | Blood cultures | Pleural Fluid | Operative (VATS) |
BACTEC™ culture bottles | No growth |  No growth |  – |
Aerobic Culture |  – |  – | No growth |
PCR/ESI-MS |  – | mitis/viridans streptococci | mitis/viridans streptococci |