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Laboratory findings and treatment of a patient with 5FU-related encephalopathy. Laboratory results are shown per day when available, day 1 was the day of admission, and signs of encephalitis became overt on the evening of day 2. Reference values are CRP: <3 mg/L, leukocytes: 3.5-8.8 x 10E9/L, hemoglobin: 134-170 g/L, thrombocytes: 145-348 x 10E9/L, creatinine: <100 mumol/L, Na+: 137-145 mmol/L, K+: 3.5-4.6 mmol/L, bilirubin: <26 mumol/L, glucose: 4.2-6.0 mmol/L. The colored bars below the x-axis represent the days on which a given drug was administered. The list of administered drugs is limited to those potentially affecting the central nervous system. Antibiotic treatment is described in the text. In addition, the patient received crystalloid infusions not listed here.
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Figure 1 illustrates the most central laboratory results and key therapeutic interventions from the day of admission.
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