Fever in a lung transplant recipient

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TABLE 1

The patient’s initial laboratory values

Substance	Value^{^a}	Reference range
Sodium	131 mmol/L	135–147
Potassium	5.6 mmol/L	3.5–5.1
Chloride	98 mmol/L	97–106
Carbon dioxide	17 mmol/L	22–33
Creatinine	2.5 mg/dL	0.40–1.09
Blood urea nitrogen	77 mg/dL	5.9–19.9
Corrected calcium	2.41 mmol/L	2.1–2.6
Magnesium	1.03 mmol/L	0.7–0.96
Bilirubin, total	1.35 mg/dL	0.29–1.23
Bilirubin, direct	0.53 mg/dL	0–0.41
Aspartate aminotransferase	43 U/L	10–32
Alanine aminotransferase	33 U/L	< 25
Lactate dehydrogenase	563 U/L	63–200
Gamma glutamyl transferase	342 U/L	5–29
Alkaline phosphatase	888 U/L	30–120
White blood cell count	3.8 × 10⁹/L	4.5–11
Absolute neutrophil count	0.57 × 10⁹/L	1.8–5.4
Hemoglobin	8.8 g/dL	12.0–16.0
Platelets	143 × 10⁹/L	140–440
Human chorionic gonadotropin	< 1 mIU/mL	0–5
Random cortisol	20.3 μg/dL	AM 5.1–25.0 PM 2.9–16.0
Tacrolimus level^{^b}	10.5 ug/L	0–15 ug/L