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What Does Higher Than Normal Potassium And Ionized Calcium Indicate?

my baby had to have some tests run, because his calcium was low while in NICU. looking at the results his monocyte level is 13.0, when it appears as though, at least according to this particular hospital, should be between 4.0 and 10.0. He also has higher than normal potassium and ionized calcium. Is this something that should be tended to immediately, or just an indicator of a couple higher levels, for some reason?
posted on Sat, 31 May 2014
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Hi...very difficult to judge a baby's health by just looking at the reports without knowing the baby's condition. But I will try to alleviate your doubts -
1. Monocyte level just above 3 more than normal level is not abnormal.
2. More potassium level could occur even if the kid's arm is squeezed during blood collection of sample.
3. Higher ionized calcium depends on the level of the report and clinical condition of the baby.
If you are happy with my suggestion, kindly rate and thank. I wish you good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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What Does Higher Than Normal Potassium And Ionized Calcium Indicate?

Hi...very difficult to judge a baby s health by just looking at the reports without knowing the baby s condition. But I will try to alleviate your doubts - 1. Monocyte level just above 3 more than normal level is not abnormal. 2. More potassium level could occur even if the kid s arm is squeezed during blood collection of sample. 3. Higher ionized calcium depends on the level of the report and clinical condition of the baby. If you are happy with my suggestion, kindly rate and thank. I wish you good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,