Table 1

Laboratory data after Colchicum autumnale ingestion


Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Normal value

White blood cells (× 109/l)
18.5
15.5
6.9
4.3–10.8
Red blood cells (× 1012/l)
4.9
4.8
3.3
4.15–4.90
Platelets (× 109/l)
150
115
51
130–400
Creatinine (μmol/l)
195
367
524
< 133
AST (μkat/l)
0.6
3.7
14.5
0–0.58
ALT (μkat/l)
0.4
0.6
2.4
0–0.58
LDH (μkat/l)
20.9
40.4
92.3
1.7–3.2
International Normalized Ratio
1.5
1.6
1.9
1.2
Lipase (μkat/l)
7.1
11.9
5.6
0–2.66
Myoglobin (μg/l)
304
755
3696
0–90
CK (μkat/l)
3.5
8.6
19.0
0.17–2.08
Troponin I (μg/l)
< 0.01
0.10
0.37
< 0.06
pH
7.38
7.24
7,26
7.38–7.44
Lactate (mmol/l)
7.9
8.0
9.7
0.6–1.7
D-dimer (μg/l)


3290
< 250
Colchicine




     Serum (μg/l)

9
14

     Urine (μg/l)

6



AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CK, creatine kinase.

Brvar et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R56