Successful Treatment of Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping: A Case Report and Literature Review

30 October 2023: Articles

Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care

Takuya Kuroki ^** , Tomohiro Abe ^* , Ryo Kawana ^D , Takatoshi Koroki ^D , Keisuke Kubo ^D , Hidenobu Ochiai ^A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941098

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941098

Table 1. Laboratory findings on admission.

Variables	Result	Reference range
White blood cell count (×10/μL)	13.6	3.3–8.6
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.4	11.6–14.8
Platelet count (×10/μL)	134	158–348
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	30.4	8.0–20.0
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.87	0.46–0.79
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)	65	13–30
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)	13	7–23
Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L)	233	124–222
Creatine kinase (U/L)	752	41–153
Creatine kinase MB (U/L)	58
Cardiac troponin T (ng/mL)		3.39
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	18.44	0.00–0.14
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)	55.56
Prothrombin time (%)	26.6	80.0–100.0
Prothrombin time international normalized ratio (INR)	2.45
Activated partial thromboplastin time (sec.)	39.4	25.0–35.0
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	492	200.0–400.0
D-Dimer (μg/mL)	7.45	0.00–1.00
Fibrin degradation product (μg/mL)	15.1	0.0–5.0
Thyroid stimulating hormone (µIU/mL)	0.76	0.35–4.94
Free thyroxine 4 (ng/dL)	0.65	0.7–1.48
Free thyroxine 3 (pg/mL)		1.88–3.18
(Blood gas analysis [venous])
pH	7.400	7.350–7.450
pCO2	37.0	35.0–45.0
HCO3	22.2	20.0–26.0
Base excess	−1.7	−3.0–3.0
Lactate	4.2	0.50–2.00