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Grey's Anatomy

Grey's AnatomyABC

Season 13, Episode 9

8 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Blood in chest cavity

Active hemorrhageHemorrhagic shock

12-year-old Winnie Adkins suffered severe chest trauma from the building collapse with ongoing bleeding into her chest cavity. Despite emergency surgery, she dies from her injuries, driving the emotional core of the episode.

Grey's Anatomy — S13E09Patient: Winnie Adkins
Femur fracturesupporting

Also known as: Broken thigh bone

Ben Warren's niece Marissa sustained a femoral fracture in the building collapse and underwent successful surgery.

Also known as: Perforated stomach

Gastrointestinal hemorrhageDiaphragmatic rupture

Charlie presented with vomiting blood from a gastric injury and diaphragmatic tear sustained in the building collapse. He survives surgery, but the case is complicated by relationship drama when both his wife and girlfriend arrive at the hospital.

Also known as: Hole in the diaphragm

Charlie's blunt trauma from the building collapse resulted in a tear in his diaphragm requiring surgical repair.

Also known as: Skull fracture with CSF leak

An unidentified patient from the building collapse presented with a depressed skull fracture requiring neurosurgical intervention.

Splenic injurysupporting

Also known as: Ruptured spleen

HemoperitoneumHemorrhagic shock

A building collapse victim presented with a ruptured spleen and blood in the abdomen, requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy.

Also known as: Prolonged seizure

Respiratory failure requiring intubation

The building's landlord Micah suffered continuous seizures after confessing his guilt about the building's structural problems. He was treated with lorazepam and benzodiazepine drip, and later a woman attempted to kill him by disconnecting his ventilator.

Grey's Anatomy — S13E09Patient: Micah (landlord)

Also known as: Hyperventilation

A young patient from the building collapse presented with hyperventilation and was successfully calmed by Arizona Robbins using a distraction technique.