Also known as: Premature birth
A baby born at 24 weeks weighing less than a pound (under 16 ounces) with a 13% survival rate according to outcome predictor formula. The episode centers on the parents' debate over aggressive treatment versus palliative care.
Also known as: NEC
The micro preemie develops necrotizing enterocolitis (rotting bowels) requiring emergency surgical intervention with over 50% mortality rate in a preemie this size. The surgery involves removing dead bowel tissue.
Also known as: CHF
Following bowel surgery, the micro preemie goes into congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock, requiring advanced interventions like liquid ventilation and ECMO consideration to improve oxygenation.
Also known as: Superficial partial thickness burn
A 24-year-old barista sustains second-degree burns to chest, neck, and face from an exploding espresso machine. The burns are deep enough to potentially threaten surgical career if they had been any deeper.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Patient has white-out on chest X-ray requiring chest tube placement following espresso machine explosion trauma.
Also known as: Upper arm fracture
Open proximal humerus fracture from espresso machine explosion requiring surgical repair and months of rehabilitation.
Also known as: Rebar impalement
Multiple shrapnel injuries to chest and arms from espresso machine explosion requiring thoracotomy and removal of foreign bodies.
Also known as: Early-onset Alzheimer's
Adele's Alzheimer's disease has progressed to the point where she becomes violent and doesn't recognize Richard in their own home. She realizes she has Alzheimer's in a lucid moment and requests to move to Rose Ridge assisted living facility.