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;Myocardial infarction
;myocardial infarction
:Myocardial infarction is necrosis of myocardial tissue which occurs as a result of a deprivation of blood supply, and thus oxygen, to the heart tissue. Blockage of blood supply to the myocardium is caused by occlusion of a coronary artery.
;weighing 675 grams;The heart weighed 530 grams;The patient's heart weighed 410 grams
:A normal heart weighs 300 grams (range: 270 to 360 grams).
:A hematocrit value represents the number of packed red cells in mL per 100 mL of centrifuged whole blood--expressed as a percentage.
;hematocrit was 21%:A hematocrit value represents the number of packed red cells in mL per 100 mL of centrifuged whole blood--expressed as a percentage. A normal hematocrit for a female is 34 to 44%.
;7.0 mcg/dL
:Hypertension which has caused end-organ damage is termed malignant. Without proper treatment, these patients will usually die in less than 2 years. Blood pressures in patients with malignant hypertension are frequently 160/110 mm Hg or greater.
;PCV was 54%;dropped to 17%;packed red blood cell volume (PCV) was 18%;hematocrit (PCV) of 27%
:A normal hematocrit for a male is 39 to 49%.
:Epistaxis is bleeding from the nose.
;512%eosinophilia
:A normal eosinophil count is less than 5%.
:A normal platelet count is 150,000 to 400,000/ml.
;greater than 40
:In a normal patient, fibrin degradation products should be less than 10 mcg/dL.
;nephrostomies
:A nephrostomy is the creation of a permanent opening directly into the renal pelvis to allow the drainage of urine.
;hypercalcemia
:Hypercalcemia is the state of having increased levels of calcium in the blood.
;metastatic calcification
:The deposition of calcium in normal tissues as a result of elevations in blood calcium.
;gastritis
:Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach.
;300-500 u/L
:A normal serum amylase level is 30 to 110 u/L.
;pancreatitis
:Chronic inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) is most often caused by alcoholism or biliary tract calculi.
;pneumonia
:In alcoholics, aspiration pneumonia is common--bacteria enter the lung via aspiration of gastric contents.
;necrotizing lobar pneumonia
:Necrotizing lobar pneumonia is a severe acute pneumonia caused by virulent organisms and aspirated of gastric contents.
;cirrhosis
:Cirrhosis is a liver disease characterized by necrosis, fibrosis, loss of normal liver architecture, and hyperplastic nodules.