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Season 9, Episode 4

9 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Triplets

Premature delivery at 36 weeks

Patient Haley delivers what she believed were twins but turns out to be surprise triplets, four weeks early. All three babies are delivered successfully.

Pelvic fracturesupporting

Also known as: Broken pelvis

Hemorrhage

High-speed motor vehicle crash victim with open-book pelvic fracture and hemorrhage. Successfully treated with pelvic binder, surgical packing, and embolization.

Chicago Med — S09E04Patient: Mark May

Also known as: Dislocated shoulder

Patient sustained anterior shoulder dislocation after falling down stairs following syncopal episode.

Chicago Med — S09E04Patient: Jordan Moore III

Also known as: CPVT

Cardiac arrestVentricular fibrillation

Patient with family history of sudden cardiac death presents with syncope and progresses to cardiac arrest. Diagnosed with rare genetic arrhythmia CPVT that explains his family's history of sudden death.

Chicago Med — S09E04Patient: Jordan Moore III

Also known as: Gallbladder inflammation

FeverVomitingAbdominal wall perforation by foreign body

Patient with bloating, nausea, and abdominal pain diagnosed with acute cholecystitis complicated by nylon bristle from barbecue brush that eroded through stomach wall. Required emergency cholecystectomy.

Gastric perforationCholecystitis

Nylon bristle from barbecue brush discovered during surgery, having eroded through stomach wall and migrated to abdominal wall, causing inflammation and contributing to patient's symptoms.

Also known as: ACL tear

Knee instabilitySwelling

Sharon's ex-husband tears his ACL after falling on their grandson. MRI reveals torn ligament requiring either rest and rehab or surgical reconstruction.

Chicago Med — S09E04Patient: Bert Goodwin

Also known as: Sun-damaged skin lesion

Pharma representative found to have actinic keratosis on penis caused by UV exposure when lesion was incidentally discovered.

Also known as: Alzheimer's disease

Memory lossConfusionSpatial disorientation

Sharon's ex-husband shows progressive signs of cognitive decline including forgetting things, misplacing items, repeating himself, and spatial confusion (opening closet instead of door). Nanny cam footage reveals concerning disorientation.

Chicago Med — S09E04Patient: Bert Goodwin
Recurring storyline