Also known as: Newborn heroin withdrawal
A 7-month-old infant addicted to methadone whose mother has been stealing his medication. Doug Ross performs an unauthorized ultrarapid detox procedure under deep sedation to end the addiction and prevent the child from being returned to an unsafe home environment.
Also known as: Skin infection
Post-surgical wound infection following cosmetic facial surgery (blepharoplasty and rhytidoplasty) in a televangelist, treated with IV antibiotics.
Also known as: Diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic patient with poor glucose control discovered to have renal insufficiency with elevated kidney function markers, requiring IV fluids and close monitoring.
Also known as: Chocolate blood syndrome
An 11-year-old boy presents with cyanosis and altered mental status after visiting his grandfather's tulip farm. Carter diagnoses methemoglobinemia caused by nitrite contamination in groundwater, treating with methylene blue.
Also known as: Rat bites
A 2-year-old child with severe rat bites to his fingers requiring surgical repair in the OR by plastics, highlighting poor living conditions.
Also known as: Eye injury
A 12-year-old girl with blunt trauma to the eye from running into a lamppost, resulting in partial globe extrusion requiring emergency eye shield placement and ophthalmology consultation.
Also known as: Poor circulation in legs
A 64-year-old heavy smoker with severe peripheral vascular disease scheduled for femoral-popliteal bypass surgery due to progressive inability to walk.