Also known as: Head trauma
Mother from multi-car accident with exposed gray matter (brain tissue visible). Despite resuscitation attempts, she dies in the ER with her daughter watching.
Also known as: Glass shard in eye
Child from multi-car accident with glass shard penetrating eye and orbit. Surgeons perform complex repair to save the eye rather than enucleation, using temporal approach to decompress orbit.
Also known as: Liver injury
Child trapped in vehicle with grade 4 liver laceration requiring surgical repair with omental pedicle technique. Develops malignant hyperthermia during surgery requiring aggressive cooling measures.
Also known as: Anesthesia allergy
Life-threatening reaction to anesthesia (sevoflurane) during liver surgery. Treated emergently with dantrolene, ice packs, and cooling blankets. Grey's quick recognition prevents death.
Also known as: Broken pelvis
Father from multi-car accident with severely comminuted pelvic fracture and massive internal bleeding. Despite emergency stabilization and surgery, he experiences multiple episodes of cardiac arrest and progressive organ failure. Family decides to withdraw life support.
Patient develops flail mitral valve complication when sutures catch the valve during cardiac bypass. Requires complex ex vivo cardiac autotransplantation (heart removed from body) for valve reconstruction. This is the surgery Cristina performs while grieving Henry's death.
Also known as: Lung infection
Infant patient from previous episode continues treatment. Karev performs bedside gastrostomy to decompress stomach and prevent reflux into trachea, worsening pneumonia.
Henry's tumor eroded into his pulmonary artery causing massive bleeding during surgery. Despite extraordinary measures by Bailey and Webber, he dies on the table. Teddy is kept unaware while operating on another patient.
Also known as: VHL disease
Henry's underlying genetic condition that caused his tumor and ultimately led to his death. Bailey mentions this is what killed him, not the clinical trial.
Also known as: Multiple organ failure
Progressive failure of kidneys and other organs following severe trauma and repeated resuscitation attempts. Leads to decision to withdraw life support.