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Grey's Anatomy

Grey's AnatomyABC

Season 12, Episode 14

7 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Brain bleed

Re-bleedingHerniationBrain death

Griffin McColl, a 75-year-old man, suffered an intracranial bleed after crashing his car into an electrical pole. He required emergency surgery, developed a re-bleed with raised intracranial pressure requiring a ventriculostomy, and ultimately herniated and died despite intervention.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Griffin McColl

Also known as: Abnormal EKG

Griffin developed a severe cardiac arrhythmia due to electrical shock from the car accident, requiring emergency pacemaker implantation.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Griffin McColl

Also known as: Electrocution

Cardiac arrhythmia

Griffin sustained electrical shock injuries when his car crashed into an electrical pole, contributing to his cardiac arrhythmia.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Griffin McColl

Also known as: Early labor

Premature deliveryNeonatal complications

Courtney, pregnant with quadruplets at 23 weeks, developed preterm labor. Arizona performed delayed interval delivery, delivering one baby while keeping the other three inside using medication and cervical cerclage, leaving the delivered placenta in place to stop labor.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Courtney Hall

Also known as: TTTS

Courtney had previously undergone fetal laser photocoagulation surgery to separate a shared blood vessel between two of her quadruplets, treating twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. She was on bed rest recovering from this procedure when she developed preterm labor.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Courtney Hall

Also known as: Premature birth

Respiratory distressLow APGAR score

Baby Charles was delivered at 23 weeks gestation with an APGAR score of 3, requiring intensive resuscitation efforts due to extreme prematurity. He was approximately the size of a hand and required intubation with a size 2 tube.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: Charles (Baby C)

Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy

April is 12 weeks pregnant and refusing genetic testing for osteogenesis imperfecta despite her previous experience with the condition. She is hiding the pregnancy from Jackson and insisting the baby will be fine. This creates tension with Arizona and Alex who want her to get proper prenatal care and inform Jackson.

Grey's Anatomy — S12E14Patient: April Kepner
Recurring storyline