Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

I was just wondering what's the most off the chart lab values (true values, not lab screw ups) that you'd encountered where the patient lived to discharge? I've seen:

Hgb 2.8 -- we just about emptied the blood bank.

PTT > 240

PT > 120

INR > 10

Specializes in ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology.

5.1 hct; it looked like koolaid; you could actually see through it... :eek:

Specializes in Staff nurse.

My 9 month old baby boy had a WBC of 132,000. He had osteomyelitis of the ankle joint and had surgery to drain it. Hospital for 3 weeks for IV antibiotics (this was in 1978).

Specializes in ortho, med-surg, LTC, hospice, Quality.

years ago i had a hospice patient with INR 48

Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

I've seen a troponin of 131. The dude lived to go home, then died a few months later.

Specializes in Emergency, Critical Care (CEN, CCRN).

* INR of 14.1 r/t Coumadin overdose (pharmacy said give 10 mg QHS, nurse gave 10 mg QID). We couldn't load him full of Vitamin K fast enough. I think he got every bag of cryo and FFP in the hospital, too.

* An ABG panel from a recently extubated patient revealed the following: pH 7.21, pO2 44, pCO2 59, HCO3 22.1. Pt had lungs full of secretions and wouldn't cough/deep breathe r/t language and cognitive barriers. She wound up being a STAT retube.

Specializes in PNP, CDE, Integrative Pain Management.

blood glucose 2,217

Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Hgb:2.4

Blood Glucose: 15

Specializes in med/surg, ER.

K=8.7 Pt alert and oriented

Specializes in PCU/tele.

glucose 6. pt was alert, oriented and came rolling into the ER (by private car) eating ice cream

Specializes in Emergency.
glucose 6. pt was alert, oriented and came rolling into the ER (by private car) eating ice cream

wow......

BAL 610....walking and talking

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