Also known as: Psychosis
Law student experiencing auditory hallucinations (hearing 'demons') and violent behavior (smashing his car with a bat). His wife initially attributed it to stress, but psychiatric evaluation revealed command hallucinations telling him to hurt his wife.
Also known as: Schizoaffective disorder
A woman with schizophrenia living in a halfway house with her newborn baby. Carol monitors her medication compliance and parenting ability through the clinic to ensure she can safely care for her infant.
Also known as: ADHD
Foster child on multiple psychiatric medications (Tegretol, Ritalin, clonidine, Mellaril, Inderal) for ADHD and behavioral issues. Lucy discovers he's overmedicated and his aggressive behavior may be partly iatrogenic. His underlying trauma from losing his mother and having an alcoholic father is identified.
Also known as: Lead toxicity
Pediatric patient presenting with irritability, weight loss, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Carter identifies severe lead poisoning from exposure to peeling paint in an old apartment building. Blood work shows basophilic stippling and hypochromic anemia, demonstrating the compounded vulnerability of poor children to lead toxicity.
Also known as: Stab wound to neck
55-year-old man stabbed in the neck (zone-two injury) requiring intubation and multiple procedures including angiography, esophagoscopy, and laryngoscopy. Suffered recurrent laryngeal nerve injury causing hoarseness. His wife was DOA at the scene.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Patient who tripped while jogging and fell on a sprinkler head, causing a puncture wound below the nipple and pneumothorax. Required chest tube insertion. Peter and Weaver disagreed on whether exploratory laparotomy was necessary.
Also known as: Blood blister under the nail
Minister who injured his thumb while hammering a gutter on his church. Jeanie drains the hematoma. Also has rheumatoid arthritis. His case provides emotional support for Jeanie during her hepatitis C treatment.
Also known as: Liver inflammation
Jeanie is undergoing treatment with ribavirin for hepatitis C. She receives good news that her liver function tests are almost normal, suggesting the medication is working. She's cautious about performing procedures due to infection control concerns.
Also known as: Threatened miscarriage
Carol discovers she's pregnant but experiences cramping and spotting, causing concern about miscarriage. Initial ultrasound shows no heartbeat, but a later vaginal ultrasound reveals a strong, steady fetal heartbeat. She hasn't told Doug about the pregnancy yet.