Now THAT'S a lab result

[emtb2rn]

INR >100. Alive.

Skip details, just lab & living or dead.

[Oh'Ello, BSN, RN]

And another for heme/onc friends:

Methotrexate 48h = 11. Alive. But not enough leucovorin in the world to keep them alive.

[nrsang97, BSN, RN]

Na 200 at an outside facility. Upon admit to us Na 178. Alive. He had a pituitary tumor.

[OneDuckyRN]

Not a lab result, but still...

B/P 40/20. Awake and talking. Improved to 80s/40s on 30 of Levophed. And I had one HECK of a time convincing the doc that she needed to be transferred back to ICU because stepdowns don't titrate for B/P at my facility. Eventually I won that argument.

[luthien.rn]

ABGs pH 7.071 ... Couple days later patient went back to SNF... she was all well 🙊

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

He needs some bubble wrap and vitamin K.....

No Kidding. I think my hospitals INR meter only goes up to 15 (or 25 or something like that). I know it does not get near 100.

[dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN]

hA1C of 17 in a type 1 tween. Who also had undiagnosed cystic fibrosis. Alive.

BAC 705, not intubated. Went into full-on DTs about five hours later. Coded once at one point but survived.

BAC of 500ish after presenting to outside ER and than getting flown to us. Alive.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

And another for heme/onc friends:

Methotrexate 48h = 11. Alive. But not enough leucovorin in the world to keep them alive.

Oh man. Horrid renal function? Miscalculated dose? What happened there?

[ReneeRN0521]

All in OB or NICU

Na: 99-alert and oriented x3 sitting up in bed brushing her hair after a shower.

AST/ALT both over 5000 on 2 separate patients both lived

Platelets: 19 -lived

FSBS: 2 on a newborn-lived,

FSBS: 1250 on 27wk preterm baby due to miscalculation of D10 order at outlying hospital-died 3 weeks later after kidneys completely shut down and brain was basically fried due to BS.

[ShortFuse_LPN, LPN]

PSA 112

New pt, 90 yo c/o "trouble peein'."

Alive but refused tx.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

FSBS: 1250 on 27wk preterm baby due to miscalculation of D10 order at outlying hospital-died 3 weeks later after kidneys completely shut down and brain was basically fried due to BS.

Granted, I don't understand neonates, but how does that even happen? Wouldn't they kill them with CHF/flash pulm edema from the fluid overload before the blood glucose would go up that high? How much D10 did they get?

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

PSA 112

New pt, 90 yo c/o "trouble peein'."

Alive but refused tx.

Hopefully at least allowed a foley

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

pH 6.5 with posturing post VT arrest secondary to drowning. Completed therapeutic hypothermia protocol.Survived but with severe anoxic brain injury.