Also known as: CHF
Carol is brought to the ED unresponsive and is found to have global dyskinesis and significantly depressed ejection fraction. She requires consideration for an LVAD versus enrollment in Will's experimental clinical trial, creating tension between Will and Crockett.
Also known as: Heart inflammation
Considered as a potential cause of Carol's heart failure, though ultimately the exact etiology remains under investigation with cultures and panels ordered.
Patient presents with vomiting and abdominal pain related to alcohol consumption, diagnosed with pancreatitis complicated by a large pancreatic abscess requiring intervention. Dean Archer's decision to place a percutaneous drain leads to complications requiring emergency VARD procedure.
Woman presents to the ED believing a doll is her real baby who needs medical attention. She is reenacting the traumatic fall that killed her actual daughter a year ago, unable to process the loss because she was unconscious during end-of-life decisions due to a neck injury.
Also known as: Neck injury
CT scan reveals evidence of a well-healed C-3 fracture from approximately a year ago when Tally fell down stairs with her infant daughter. This injury caused her to be unconscious during her daughter's death, contributing to her unresolved grief and delusional syndrome.
Also known as: Dying bowel
The actual cause of death for Tally's infant daughter a year ago, resulting from a fall down stairs. This diagnosis is recreated in the therapeutic intervention where Tally is allowed to participate in end-of-life decision-making she was denied originally.