The reliability of POCUS in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in critically ill pediatric patients: a cross-sectional study

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Table 6 Laboratory data

CBC on admission
Variable	Min–max	Median (IQR)
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	4.0–15.8	9.8 (8.5–10.8)
TLC (k/mm³)	0.9–28.0	14.0 (9.1–18.0)
Neutrophils I/T ratio	0.0–0.4	0.10(0–0.20)
Platelets (k/mm³)	7–741	369(250–545)
Biochemical workup on admission
Na⁺ (mmol/l)	130–173	140 (136–143)
K⁺ (mmol/l)	2.0–5.8	4.3 (4–5)
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.30–1.40	0.5 (0.4–0.6)
ALT (IU/l)	3–1195	27 (17–57)
AST (IU/l)	13–781	40 (30–76)
CRP
	N	Valid %
Positive CRP at admission	34	81.0%

CBC Complete blood count, Min. Minimum, Max. Maximum, IQR Interquartile range, TLC Total leucocyte count, I/T Immature to total neutrophils, ALT Alanine transaminase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, CRP C-Reactive protein, N Number