Successful treatment of pleuroperitoneal communication with pleurodesis using autologous blood in a patient with severe heart failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a case report and brief literature review

Table 1 Blood test data on admission

WBC count RBC count Hemoglobin Hematocrit Platelet count	7400/mm³ 3.41 × 10⁶/mm³ 10.6 g/dL 32.4% 321000/mm³	Albumin Na K Cl BUN Creatinine Uric acid	2.7 g/dL 146 mEq/L 4.8 mEq/L 103 mEq/L 60 mg/dL 10.50 mg/dL 7.2 mg/dL	AST ALT ALP γGTP Total cholesterol HDL cholesterol LDL cholesterol Triglyceride	14 U/L 10 U/L 175 U/L 20 U/L 165 mg/dL 42 mg/dL 109 mg/dL 70 mg/dL

ALP alkaline phosphatase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BUN blood urea nitrogen, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, RBC red blood cell, WBC white blood cell, γGTP gamma-glutamyl transferase

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