06 July 2021
: Case report 
Massive Pulmonary Embolism Causing Cardiac Arrest Managed with Systemic Thrombolytic Therapy: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons
Stephanie R. Welle1ABCDEF, Michael F. Harrison123ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931215
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931215
Table 2. Laboratory results the morning of the patient’s cardiac arrest.
| Chemistry | Hematology | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium (mmol/L) | 133 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.2 |
| Potassium (mmol/L) | 3.2 | Hematocrit (%) | 40.9 |
| Chloride (mmol/L) | 94 | Leukocytes (×10/L) | 12.7 |
| Bicarbonate (mmol/L) | 17 | Platelets (×10/L) | 155 |
| BUN (mg/dL) | 42 | aPTT (s) | 32.8 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 2.33 | ||
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 334 | ||
| Calcium (mg/dL) | 8.6 | ||
| Magnesium (mg/dL) | 2.6 | ||
| Phosphorous (mg/dL) | 5.4 | ||
| * The patient’s baseline ranged from 1.9 to 2.2 over the preceding 12 m, consistent with her diagnosis of stage IV chronic kidney disease. | |||