Also known as: Kidney failure
16-year-old girl with prior kidney transplant develops acute renal failure attributed to drug toxicity from Zarictal (anti-seizure medication). This drives the central conflict of the episode regarding pharmaceutical safety and informed consent.
Also known as: High potassium
Elevated potassium levels secondary to renal failure cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias requiring immediate resuscitation and dialysis.
Also known as: PKD
The underlying genetic condition that led to Katie's initial kidney failure and need for transplant from her father.
Also known as: Seizure
Secondary to cerebral aneurysm from PKD; patient was switched to Zarictal for better seizure control, which led to the renal failure.
Also known as: Pelvic fracture
Patient sustained isolated pubic ramus fracture during sexual intercourse in a car, treated conservatively with rest and pain management.
Also known as: Head trauma
Katie's father sustains a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head resulting in brain death; he becomes an organ donor for his daughter's kidney transplant.
Also known as: Shock from blood loss
Patient who fell from roof while taking down Christmas lights develops intra-abdominal bleeding requiring emergent femoral vein central access and resuscitation.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Patient requiring chest tube placement for pneumothorax, used as teaching case for medical student Ray.