Now THAT'S a lab result

[emtb2rn]

INR >100. Alive.

Skip details, just lab & living or dead.

[Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN]

Lactate 18

pH 6.7

Unfortunately this patient did not make it, full-blown septic shock.

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

Had a patient with a BG >1200, Na 119, K 3.0, lactate "only" 2.0, was only mildly acidotic from what I recall. Alive when I last saw the patient.

[heronurse]

I had a patient who's wbc is 55k, no fever, participating in therapy. We all couldnt believe it haha

[Slipping CMA]

A1C >15 it's one of those finger prick machines so it doesn't go higher than 15. I would love to know what it really was. I know the blood sugar wasn't that bad at the time.

[esipbisn]

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Glucose 1681, alive, multi visists per week, not in DKA!

Ive had such a wacky ER career but I wouldnt trade the experience for anything.

Question: how can you get a glucose of 1681???[emoji50][emoji50]

Statement: that's why I'm hoping to switch to ER/ICU one day. The experience you get there isn't like anything else!

[Sassy-Kat]

my blood glucose was 38...could not figure out why i was shaky and sweaty as a hooker in church. ( i was er charge,lol) cna clued in and checked my sugar...so, 2 powdered donuts and slammed a can of coke...up to 59! Score! Back to work people!

[JVoEDrn]

Trop 247- dead

Hgb 4 - alive

Lactic 16- alive-ish

Glu 24- alive

Wbc 64K - alive but hospice

ETOH 440- walking and talking a/o

[smf0903]

Hgb 4 (came in because knee hurt)

K+ 1.3 (just minor tele change, no other s/sx)

Na 114 (chronic low, goal was 120)

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Question: how can you get a glucose of 1681???[emoji50][emoji50]

Statement: that's why I'm hoping to switch to ER/ICU one day. The experience you get there isn't like anything else!

Dedication to eating large amounts of everything you were told to avoid along with med non-compliance.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

Dedication to eating large amounts of everything you were told to avoid along with med non-compliance.

You need renal impairment, too. Usually healthy kidneys alone can keep you below 1000ish through glucouria.

[nutella, MSN, RN]

Crea 22, BUN 190 - alive (but not sure for how long) - will not undergo dialysis.

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

Same guy. Troponin peaked at 95.5. Patient made comfort measures.