Panic values

panic value

Alert value, critical value Lab medicine Lab results from a specimen that must be reported immediately to a clinician–ie, of such severity as to mandate urgent therapy. See Decision levels.

Panic values

Chemistry panic values

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Calcium < 1.65 mmol/L < 6.6 mg/dl

> 2.22 mmol/L > 12.9 mg/dl

Glucose < 2.60 mmol/L < 46 mg/dl

> 26.9 mmol/L > 484 mg/dl

K⁺ < 2.8 mmol/L < 2.8 mEq/L

> 6.2 mmol/L > 6.2 mEq/L

> 8.0 mmol/L if hemolyzed

Na⁺ < 120 mmol/L < 120 mEq/L

> 158 mmol/L > 158 mEq/L

CO₂ in plasma < 11 mmol/L < 11 mMol

> 40 mmol/L > 40 mMol

Hematology, eg blasts or sickle cells on a peripheral smear, possibly indicating leukemia or sickle cell anemia

Microbiology, eg positive gram stain or culture from blood, serosal fluids or CSF, acid-fast stain or positive mycobacterial culture results

Transfusion medicine Incompatible cross-match and positive serology for VDRL; the panic values differ in each lab and the route of the communication is at the discretion
of the lab director

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Are the laboratory's panic values appropriate for the patient population?

Addressing management issues by Pontius, C. Anne / Medical Laboratory Observer

The nomenclature for critical values has changed during the past 30 years from the original classification as panic values.

Survey of Critical Value Reporting and Reduction of False-Positive ... by Anand S Dighe and Jay B Jones and Sue Parham and Kent B Lewandrowski / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

In spite of a long history of reporting panic values and the incorporation of critical values into multiple regulations, there is little standardization of procedures.

Assessment monitoring of laboratory critical values: a College of ... by Wagar, Elizabeth A.; Stankovic, Ana K.; Wilkinson, David S.; Walsh, Molly; Souers, Rhona J. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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