Also known as: Brain dysfunction from liver failure
15-year-old Lydia presents with confusion and disorientation caused by toxin buildup in her brain due to advanced liver failure. Her cognitive function is expected to return to normal with medication, but she requires a liver transplant.
Also known as: PBC
Lydia is diagnosed with this rare autoimmune disease that destroys bile ducts and has led to liver failure requiring transplantation. The disease is extremely rare in adolescents, making her case particularly unusual.
Also known as: False aneurysm
Grant develops a small pseudo-aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery following a laceration from a car accident. The condition is expected to resolve on its own without surgical intervention.
Also known as: Torn artery
Grant sustains a large arterial laceration to his left calf from shrapnel during a high-speed car accident, resulting in active bleeding that required pressure control and angiography evaluation.
Also known as: Prostate cancer
Buddy is diagnosed with advanced stage prostate cancer that has metastasized throughout his body including brain and spine. The disease went untreated while he received unnecessary cardiac procedures, and is now terminal.
Also known as: Infection
Buddy developed a postprocedural abscess at a groin puncture site following an unnecessary cardiac procedure, requiring drainage and antibiotics.
Also known as: Rape
Gloria presents after blacking out at a party with evidence of sexual assault including genital bruising and a possible fingerprint pattern. She tests positive for GHB (date rape drug) and undergoes a forensic exam.
Also known as: Date rape drug exposure
Gloria's labs confirm she was drugged with GHB at a warehouse party, resulting in complete memory loss of the assault. A second patient with identical circumstances presents later in the episode.
Also known as: Liver inflammation from alcohol
Danielle, Lydia's mother and a recovering alcoholic, has mild liver fibrosis from past alcohol use that prevents her from directly donating part of her liver to her daughter, leading to the trans-organ exchange solution.
Also known as: Kidney failure
Roberta has been on the kidney transplant list for three years. Her husband Frank was ruled out as a kidney donor due to reduced kidney function, but she receives a kidney through the trans-organ paired exchange.