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Table 1 Comparative presentation of blood analysis results

From: Bilingual side effect: a case of foreign language syndrome following chlorpromazine-induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Laboratory analysis

(reference range)

Upon admission – day 0

Suspicion of NMS – day 5

Follow-up - day 7

Follow-up - day 11

Follow-up - day 12

Sodium (136.0-145.0 mmol/l)

144.0

133.0

138.0

136.0

140.0

Chlorides (98.0-107.0 mmol/L)

104.7

96.0

102.1

101.9

104.1

Creatinine (62–106 umol/l)

58

70

57

53

56

Urea (1.7–8.3 mmol/l)

2.8

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.9

Uric acid (143–416 µmol/L)

524

435

468

403

373

Aspartate aminotransferase - AST (< 40 IU/L)

19

84

111

39

32

Alanine aminotransferase - ALT (< 41 IU/L)

15

36

50

46

41

Direct bilirubin (< 5 µmol/L

/

5.7

/

2.3

1.4

Albumins (30–50 g/L)

/

51

/

48

48

Creatine phosphokinase - CPK (20–200 IU/L)

/

1662

1416

344

212

Total leukocyte count (4.0–9.0 × 10^9/L)

5.9

9.5

/

7.4

7.8

Platelets (150–350 × 10^9/L)

243

295

/

360

358

C-reactive protein - CRP (< 5 mg/L)

/

10.52

/

1.47

1.14

Sedimentation (2–12 mm/h)

14

4

/

/

4

  1. Note: Only the laboratory analysis results that deviated from the reference values at any point during the monitoring are shown; “/” – the analysis was not performed at the given time point