Initial management Arrival in medical intensive care unit Day 3: First FDG PET Day 7: Second FDG PET
Glasgow score 6 3 no evidence of awareness of the environment disorientation in time and space
Glycemia (mmol/L) 1.78a 6.39 5.56 4.44
Blood pressure (mmHg) ­80/50 97/60 108/62 99/60
Cardiac frequency (beats per minute) 134 134 109 77
SpO2 (%) - 97b 97b 100
T (°C) ­- 37 37.3 37.1
Potassium (mmol/L) - 3.74 4.41 3.87
CPK (UI/L) - 719c 110 56
Creatinine (µmol/L) - 68.8 76.2 68.9
Hemoglobin (g/dL) - 11.7 10.3 8.7d
Blood platelets (G/L) - 186 267 316
Leucocyte (G/L) - 5.1 6.3 4.91
Table 1: Vitals and blood sampling results during hospitalization at key moments (a. Capillary blood glucose, b. Tracheal intubation + oxygentherapy, c. CPK (creatine phosphokinase) were elevated, up to 2718 UI/L in the first 24-hours, suggesting that coma was prolonged before thepatient was found, d. During the hospitalization, an anemia was discovered on blood sample linked to an iron-deficiency anemia, which was thensupplemented).