"LABORATORY DATA: Initial laboratory data revealed CRC with WBC of 26.3 and a left shift. Sodium was 138, potassium 2.0, chloride 37, bicarb 15, glucose 373, BUN 2' and creatininn 1.1. Pregnancy test was negative. Urine drug screen was negative. Blood for alcohol was also negative. Initial arterial blood gases showed PH 7.25, PC02 34, P02 477 on 100 percent ambu bag. Chest r-ray was negative. EKG showed sinus tachycardia and non-specific ST-T changes. CAT scan of the brain that was done was negative for any acute evert.
Serial EKG's in the first few days did not show any evidence of myocaraial infarction."
See link in my post 775 in this thread for link to the full hospital discharge report.
It shows very high glucose, low potassium, and high white blood count, indicating infection.
But what does the combination of high glucose and low potassium mean?
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In Terri's hospital admission lab results she had abnormally significantly high glucose (373) and low potassium. I was doing some searches, and found that there seem to be a correlation, something like high glucose can cause low potassium in the blood.
Supposing someone (as in MS) injected some huge amount of glucose, could that cause low potassium levels?
Or could low potassium cause high glucose levels?
After Terri had been in the hospital and got the potassium and glucose under control, she never again had problems, i.e. she was NOT an undiagnosed diabetic at the time.