Now THAT'S a lab result

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INR >100. Alive.

Skip details, just lab & living or dead.

Hgb of 6.8 (me, alive)

Hgb of 5.2 (me, alive)

Chemotherapy for breast cancer. Needless to say that I quit chemo early, much to the annoyance of my Oncologist. I have a new one.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

We see them in the 18-19 range far too often. They come to see us "because I can't see anymore". Dude, that's the LEAST of your worries!

My daughter's HbA1C was 14+ at diagnosis when she was 10 years old. (This is how we found out, incidentally) The handheld POC meter didn't go higher than 14.
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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Tsh of 78.12. That was mine about 6 months ago.

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TSH in the 140's. Patient refused to believe she had a thyroid disorder and wouldn't take her meds.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

I know I have a thyroid disorder---the little bugger was removed lol

TSH in the 140's. Patient refused to believe she had a thyroid disorder and wouldn't take her meds.
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Specializes in Emergency.
Scene: I'm preceptor for [snip].

Too much story and no labs. Please remember the rules - result and dead or alive, no details. My thread, my circus, my monkeys.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Lol, since when does anyone get to control the direction of their threads?!

Too much story and no labs. Please remember the rules - result and dead or alive, no details. My thread, my circus, my monkeys.
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Gotta love election season. I just saw a Facebook post by someone running for office.

Apparently he has such an amazing work ethic he continued to go to his job despite having a "really low sodium", a potassium level of 11.4, and being "really dehydrated".

He even posted the time sheets to prove it. Not the labs though. [emoji57]

Think I should vote for him?

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Specializes in Oncology.
Gotta love election season. I just saw a Facebook post by someone running for office.

Apparently he has such an amazing work ethic he continued to go to his job despite having a "really low sodium", a potassium level of 11.4, and being "really dehydrated".

He even posted the time sheets to prove it. Not the labs though. [emoji57]

Think I should vote for him?

I think if he does end up posting the labs you should next demand the last calibration report from the lab for that machine.

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Specializes in ICU.

Lactic Acid 36.2 .... Alive, eventually trach-ed and sent to LTAC.

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Specializes in Oncology.
Lactic Acid 36.2 .... Alive, eventually trach-ed and sent to LTAC.

Are there different units for lactic acid? It's not unusual for us to see 30's and 40's. High normal is 12 for our lab I think. The highest I've seen is 180 (died).

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Specializes in Psychiatric nursing.

Mag of 0.7. Alive.

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