Also known as: Leaky heart valve
Will Halstead's father has longstanding mitral valve regurgitation causing heart failure. Initial non-surgical repair fails, requiring emergency open heart surgery for valve replacement.
Also known as: Blocked arteries
Pat Halstead has 80% blockage of the left anterior descending artery requiring bypass during his valve surgery.
Also known as: NSTEMI
Pat presents with NSTEMI as indicated by ST depressions and T wave inversions on EKG.
Also known as: Eye socket fracture
17-year-old Elliot sustains orbital fracture from assault at school, requiring surgical repair.
Also known as: Broken nose
Elliot also sustains a broken nose from the assault, which is realigned in the ED.
Also known as: Sexual deviance
Elliot exhibits stalking behavior and fetishization of blonde females, with intrusive sexual thoughts leading to peeping and hair-cutting. He fears escalation and attempts self-castration.
Also known as: Vitamin C deficiency
3-year-old Troy presents with leg weakness, limping, gingival lesions and bleeding due to severe vitamin C deficiency from extremely limited diet of only chocolate milk and graham crackers.
Also known as: Self-castration
Elliot attempts self-castration with scissors in the hospital bathroom, requiring emergency urological repair.
Also known as: GSW to abdomen
Patient briefly seen in opening with gunshot wounds to intestines requiring surgical repair.