Also known as: Fluid around the lungs
Carter performs a pleural tap on his first official patient Ed, who has fluid in his lung. Carter accidentally punctures the liver during the procedure, leading to emergency surgery and ultimately the patient's death from cardiac arrest.
Also known as: Liver scarring
During emergency surgery for the liver laceration, doctors discover Ed has severe cirrhosis with a liver 'hard as a rock.' They perform a TIPS procedure to create a new portal pathway, but he dies of heart failure on the operating table.
Also known as: Severe high blood pressure
Obese patient removed from his apartment has severely elevated blood pressure (220/130, later 250/140). Despite treatment with Nipride, he develops seizures and ultimately suffers a fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Also known as: Dilantin overdose
4-year-old with AIDS is brought in unresponsive after his mother unknowingly gave him double doses of phenytoin (prescribed as both Dilantin and phenytoin by different clinic doctors). Doug performs gastric lavage and charcoal treatment to save him.
Also known as: AIDS
4-year-old patient has AIDS and is on AZT therapy. His mother reveals she transmitted the virus to him and feels tremendous guilt. Doug arranges for him to be seen directly in the ER in the future to avoid clinic coordination errors.
Also known as: PCP overdose
300-pound patient on PCP breaks out of restraints and climbs on top of an ambulance. Shep calms him down by talking to him, and he is eventually sedated with Haldol.
Prisoner swallowed a dozen taped razor blades. Kerry and Doug disagree on treatment approach. Mark decides to monitor rather than immediately extract them endoscopically, as there is no active bleeding.
Also known as: Inner ear inflammation
Patient presents with recurring dizziness and spinning sensations. After extensive workup including a CT scan that Kerry questions, Susan diagnoses labyrinthitis caused by his sensory deprivation tank use.