Also known as: Head trauma
16-year-old unrestrained driver ejected from vehicle, sustained severe head trauma with altered mental status, became hypotensive, went into cardiac arrest and died despite resuscitation efforts.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
25-year-old passenger in MVC presented with 20% pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement, later complicated by hemothorax. Also discovered to be pregnant during workup.
Patient discovered to be pregnant during trauma workup after MVC, which altered imaging decisions to avoid radiation exposure. Pregnancy was with her 16-year-old student who died in the crash.
Also known as: Kidney bruising
MVC patient presented with gross hematuria from parenchymal kidney contusions, managed conservatively with serial ultrasounds instead of CT due to pregnancy.
Also known as: GSW
Patient presented 3 days after gunshot wound with bullet lodged in T12 vertebral body, now infected and febrile. Required court-ordered surgical débridement despite refusing consent. Later discovered to be involved in deli robbery.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Homeless man initially thought to be intoxicated was actually bleeding into his head, requiring emergent intubation and neurosurgical consultation. Classic case of diagnostic bias.
Also known as: Progressive bulbar palsy of childhood
13-year-old genius patient presented with pneumonia and dysphagia, self-diagnosed with this extremely rare progressive motor neuron disease (only 30 cases in literature). Disease is invariably fatal. Patient had not yet told his mother about the diagnosis.
Also known as: Lung infection
13-year-old patient admitted with pneumonia secondary to decreased function of cranial nerves IX and X from underlying Fazio-Londe disease.
Also known as: Liver injury
Neela is recovering in the hospital from previous liver injury, awaiting discharge. Her staples were removed and creatinine normalized to 0.9. She is being discharged home to stay with Abby.