Also known as: CHF
Referenced in grief group as a patient who died from severe congestive heart failure with clogged arteries and paper-thin ventricular wall that was working overtime to pump blood.
Also known as: Lion mauling
Patient suffered deep claw lacerations and severe bite wounds to the arm after being attacked by his girlfriend's pet lion. Required extensive surgical repair by plastics and orthopedics.
Also known as: Lion mauling
Patient's abdomen was eviscerated by her pet lion Kirby with exposed spleen and intestines, plus deep bite wounds to the neck. Required emergency surgical repair of multiple organ injuries.
Also known as: Heart attack
Patient suffered anterolateral MI triggered by seeing the escaped lion, requiring angioplasty and emergency coronary artery bypass surgery. Developed ventricular rupture during surgery requiring immediate repair, but survived. His wife Emma died unexpectedly during his recovery.
Patient died suddenly in the waiting room while her husband was undergoing heart surgery. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. Cause of death not explicitly stated but implied to be cardiac in nature.
Also known as: Blood infection
Premature infant with severe sepsis caused by an ileocolic fistula. Patient has multiple complications including bleeding, hydrocephalus, and ROP. Mother must decide whether to proceed with invasive fistula surgery or allow natural death.
Also known as: Ileocolic fistula
Contrast study revealed ileocolic fistula as the source of the infant's sepsis, requiring surgical repair decision.
Also known as: Water on the brain
Premature infant developed post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus as a complication of his critical condition, adding to his poor prognosis.
Also known as: ROP
Premature infant has retinopathy of prematurity as one of multiple complications threatening his quality of life.
Also known as: Brain aneurysm
Patient scheduled for surgical clipping of cerebral aneurysm, which Lexie was initially going to perform under Derek's supervision but Derek ultimately took over.