A 2-year-old girl with progressive Rasmussen's encephalitis causing continuous seizures in her left foot and balance problems. Half of her brain is dead or dying, requiring a hemispherectomy to remove the diseased portion and save her life.
Also known as: Failed gastric bypass
A 17-year-old college freshman who had illegal gastric bypass surgery in Mexico despite not being obese. She develops serious complications including an abscess and bowel damage, requiring reversal surgery and resulting in lifelong nutritional problems.
Also known as: Blood and air in chest cavity
A patient who deliberately had himself shot as 'body art' develops a hemopneumothorax with blood in his collapsed lung from the bullet impact fracturing a rib. Requires chest tube insertion to drain blood and re-inflate the lung.
Also known as: Blood infection
Digby develops overwhelming sepsis from an infected tattoo on his calf, exacerbated by stress from his gunshot wound. Despite treatment with antibiotics, he progresses to multisystem organ failure and dies.
Also known as: Earring aspiration
A patient deliberately swallows his girlfriend's keys to prevent her from leaving him. The keys migrate farther down during an argument, requiring bronchoscopy for removal.
Also known as: Severe flu
Cristina is working through a flu infection that is spreading through the hospital, causing fatigue and illness but she refuses to go home and continues working.
Also known as: Alcoholism
The anesthesiologist is drinking alcohol on the job, falling asleep during Jamie's brain surgery after George smells bourbon on his breath, requiring his replacement mid-procedure.