Unmasking the Enigma: Influenza Vaccine and the Rare Case of Post-Vaccination Pericarditis

Table 1

Laboratory values at initial presentation.

	At initial presentation	Reference range
WBC	13.38 K/uL	4.8–10.8 K/uL
RBC	4.11 M/uL	4.20–5.40 M/uL
Hgb	13.2 g/dL	12.0–16.0 g/dL
PLT	201 K/uL	130–400 K/uL
Sodium	130 mmol/L	135–146 mmol/L
Potassium	5.3 mmol/L (hemolyzed)	3.5–5.0 mmol/L
Chloride	91 mmol/L	98–110 mmol/L
Anion gap	12 mmol/L	7–14 mmol/L
Bun	22 mg/dL	10–20 mg/dL
Cr	1 mg/dL	0.7–1.5 mg/dL
Glucose	120 mg/dL	70–99 mg/dL
Calcium	9.9 mg/dL	8.4–10.5 mg/dL
Protein total	6.7 g/dL	6.0–8.0 g/dL
Albumin	4.3 g/dL	3.5–5.2 g/dL
Bilirubin total	0.8 mg/dL	0.2–1.2 mg/dL
Alkaline phosphatase	56 U/L (hemolyzed)	30–115 U/L
AST	45 U/L (hemolyzed)	0–41 U/L
ALT	28 U/L (hemolyzed)	0–41 U/L
eGFR	53 mL/min/1.73 m^2	≥60 mL/min/1.73m2
D dimer	<150 ng/mL DDU	≤229 ng/mL DDU
Troponin	<0.01 ng/mL	≤0.01 ng/mL
ESR	54 mm/Hr	0–20 mm/Hr
CRP	227.9 mg/L	≤4 mg/L