Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

I was just wondering what's the most off the chart lab values (true values, not lab screw ups) that you'd encountered where the patient lived to discharge? I've seen:

Hgb 2.8 -- we just about emptied the blood bank.

PTT > 240

PT > 120

INR > 10

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Specializes in ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology.

5.1 hct; it looked like koolaid; you could actually see through it... :eek:

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Specializes in Staff nurse.

My 9 month old baby boy had a WBC of 132,000. He had osteomyelitis of the ankle joint and had surgery to drain it. Hospital for 3 weeks for IV antibiotics (this was in 1978).

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Specializes in ortho, med-surg, LTC, hospice, Quality.

years ago i had a hospice patient with INR 48

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Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

I've seen a troponin of 131. The dude lived to go home, then died a few months later.

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Specializes in Emergency, Critical Care (CEN, CCRN).

* INR of 14.1 r/t Coumadin overdose (pharmacy said give 10 mg QHS, nurse gave 10 mg QID). We couldn't load him full of Vitamin K fast enough. I think he got every bag of cryo and FFP in the hospital, too.

* An ABG panel from a recently extubated patient revealed the following: pH 7.21, pO2 44, pCO2 59, HCO3 22.1. Pt had lungs full of secretions and wouldn't cough/deep breathe r/t language and cognitive barriers. She wound up being a STAT retube.

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Specializes in PNP, CDE, Integrative Pain Management.

blood glucose 2,217

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Hgb:2.4

Blood Glucose: 15

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Specializes in med/surg, ER.

K=8.7 Pt alert and oriented

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Specializes in PCU/tele.

glucose 6. pt was alert, oriented and came rolling into the ER (by private car) eating ice cream

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Specializes in Emergency.
glucose 6. pt was alert, oriented and came rolling into the ER (by private car) eating ice cream

wow......

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BAL 610....walking and talking

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