Now THAT'S a lab result

[emtb2rn]

INR >100. Alive.

Skip details, just lab & living or dead.

[Larry3373]

Troponin 60 and asymptomatic.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

Gluc ~1200, pH 6.8

Barely alive. Made it alive (barely) from the ED to the ICU. Not sure of the ultimate outcome.

[blackvans1234]

I had a walking talking 34, must have been lower, because my mom got that number after she found me eating jelly with my hands on the kitchen floor.

You were thinking (hypoglycemic brain) - MUST GIT SUGA HIYA

[Dogen]

Serum Na+ of 100. Awake/alert/mentation intact.

Counter point: Na+ of 184. Alive-ish. Found down after roughly seven days laying on the bathroom floor. I don't recall her BUN/creatinine.

[SookieBSN]

HgbA1C = 16.4 My dad. The VA doc told him to make an appointment. Was seen 5 weeks later and started on metformin. My dad didn't tell tell me about it till weeks later. VA doc told him it was "no big deal."

[Guest805836]

pH = 6,32

Alive, for a couple more hours (we even corrected the acidosis)... multi organ failure won, however.

Hemoglobin = 5 => alive and talking. Patient felt better once they had several blood bags in them !

Glucose 0.26 g/dL (don't recall what that is mmol, but wayyy low) ) => alive and talking, but a big woozy.

Lactic acid = 23 mmol/L Very much dead within the hour

[Guest805836]

I don't know what the unit for that is in your lab ? ...Because I've seen waaaaay higher (our labs are positive for troponin if over 14, iffy between 7 and 14). We have had patients who cleared the triple digits and even the quadruple.. I believe this varies depending on the procedure used to quantify the troponin, because a year ago, the positive threshold was > 0,something.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

....WBCs completely obliterated, like 0. Apparently, a chemo pump malfunctioned and gave him a week's worth of chemo in 24 hours. Survived. ....!

I keep reading and re-reading this! Shocked, amazed, astonished...

Proves that the human body is totally, remarkably, inexplicably and wonderfully made! What a feat of adaptability for the body to accommodate such extremes and yet survive!

[SubSippi]

I had one last week with an A1C of 13.8. The doctor was flabbergasted because the highest he had seen was 11. The pt came in with visual disturbance, was ruling him out for stroke. Think maybe they found the culprit....

The highest I've seen is 16. Any time her BG was less than 350, she would say, "Oh that's good!!"

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

The highest I've seen is 16. Any time her BG was less than 350, she would say, "Oh that's good!!"

Ah yes…the famous "Its only 350?? I need a candy bar before I pass out from hypo."

[dannibeeRN]

Great posts!

[SubSippi]

Ah yes…the famous "Its only 350?? I need a candy bar before I pass out from hypo."

Or the patient who is is npo because they're in DKA and on an insulin drip..."But I'm diabetic, I have to eat at least every two hours!"