Now THAT'S a lab result

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INR >100. Alive.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Hey, look, it's a platelet!

:woot: "Like" X 1,000. Made me LOL! :roflmao:

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Specializes in critical care.

How much you wanna bet the guy looking through the microscope was like..... "I know there's one here somewhere..... These people won't believe me if I say zero..... I'm putting one, final answer. I'm sure it's there somewhere."

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Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
INR 18: came to hospice s/p a brain bleed.

K+ 11.8: elderly diabetic triple amputee N.H. resident whose sole remaining limb became gangrenous. Dead. But, this one turned out to be a twofer. The interns were so excited by the wild EKG that we couldn't get them to call a surgeon for the old independent-living guy in the next room who was perforating an ulcer. He's dead, too.

11.8 - that's NUTS!!

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Specializes in Tele, OB, public health.

3 yr old boy in for his well-child check up. Parents said he had been acting "funny"- looked very pale. Hgb 1.8.

Rushed to ER, several days and transfusions later, went home.

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platelet of 1. Alive.

I hope you guys put that platelet back in after you were done looking at it. :sneaky:

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Specializes in Hospice.

Core body temp 94-ish. This was in 1974. They warmed him up in the burn unit's whirlpool. Pt. was a homeless alcoholic brought in after being dug out of a snowdrift by police. Alive.

Not a lab, but asystole x 20 minutes in a 20-something heroin addict who overdosed. I saw the strips in the chart - sure looked like it to me, too. Cardiology confirmed it. Lived and walked out with no deficits.

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My A1C on routine labs: 18%-Lab error. Shocked, alive and not diabetic 10 years later. Go figure

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Specializes in CVICU.

BAC of 385. 25 yo found down in own vomit. Resulted in rhabdomyolysis

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Tms called for asystole. Alive.

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Specializes in BMT, Oncology, LTC/SNF.

WBC over 221. AML. Leukopheresis the next day, came down to 60. Then D-Dimer went to over 11, and the doctor was like "this is ok. Very sick pt. Continue current tx and chemo." I gave three units of FFP to them too!

Incalculable INR - dying breast cancer pt. don't really believe the lab though (reasons. INR came back 3 next morning 0.o) However highest I've seen prior to that was 16. And they were very much alive. And not bleeding out.

Always low Magnesium. Everyone and everything lol.

I am new to the oncology world, and it just amazes me when ANC is 0 and WBC 0.3. Pt looked great too.

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Specializes in BMT, Oncology, LTC/SNF.

BP 287/154. Alive. Diagnosis: stroke pt. And no BP meds in over a year... Pt still trending 180's/110's during NOC shift. Lowest was 160's/100's. Doc didn't want the BP to come down too fast.

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Specializes in Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds.

13 month old with a heart rate per EKG of 345 beats per minute. Digiitized, sent to cardiac, had undiagnoses cardiac issues resulting in corrective surgery. Baby is great now!

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