Also known as: Liver injury
Ben sustains a grade-three liver laceration in the right lateral segments from a pedestrian-versus-car accident, requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy with massive bleeding.
Also known as: Perforated intestine
Ben has a perforation near the terminal ileum caused by retained shrapnel from a prior combat injury that became dislodged in the car accident.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Ben develops a pneumothorax from the car accident along with flail chest.
Also known as: Multiple broken ribs on both sides
Ben has flail chest from multiple rib fractures sustained in the pedestrian-versus-car accident.
Also known as: PTSD
Ben is a veteran with severe PTSD from combat in Afghanistan, experiencing flashbacks, nightmares, and violent episodes. His condition becomes central to the episode when surgeons propose amygdala ablation as experimental treatment.
Also known as: CRPS
Ben develops complex regional pain syndrome in his shoulder from a prior combat injury, aggravated by the car accident, causing severe chronic pain.
Also known as: Variant angina
Rose, an empathic patient who claims to feel others' emotions, is diagnosed with Prinzmetal's Angina causing her cardiac symptoms and eventual cardiac arrest, exacerbated by stress.
Also known as: Wrist fracture
Rose is post-operative from surgical repair of a distal radius fracture and wanders the hospital despite her injury.
A pregnant patient seeking abortion has congenital IgA deficiency requiring IV antibiotics and close post-surgical observation.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
A 27-year-old woman presents with unplanned pregnancy seeking abortion; becomes the focus of ethical conflict among residents about performing the procedure.