Also known as: Collapsed lung
Enrique develops a pneumothorax when a fractured rib punctures his lung after becoming agitated with police. Austin performs bedside chest tube placement to re-expand the lung.
Also known as: Colorectal cancer
Enrique presents with IBS-like symptoms and abdominal pain after trauma. Imaging reveals a mass causing partial bowel obstruction. During exploratory surgery, Austin discovers extensive metastatic disease throughout the peritoneum, making it inoperable and terminal. This is the episode's central tragic case.
Also known as: Broken rib
Enrique sustains a rib fracture when tackled at the polling place. This leads to discovery of his underlying colon cancer and later causes pneumothorax.
Also known as: Eye socket fracture
Stewart sustains an orbital fracture during the polling place altercation. CT shows it won't require surgery, but the injury brings him to medical attention where his psychiatric symptoms are identified.
Also known as: Medication side effect
Stewart exhibits extreme aggression and volatility as a side effect of varenicline (anti-smoking medication). Hawkins identifies this rare side effect and discontinues the medication, resolving Stewart's psychiatric symptoms.
Also known as: Mild traumatic brain injury
Female patient sustains concussion after being struck with folding chair during polling place altercation. CT shows no skull fracture.
Also known as: MS
Ben is a trial patient with advanced MS who develops acute back pain. Years of steroid treatment have caused severe osteoporosis leading to pathologic vertebral fracture and weakened heart. He undergoes high-risk spinal surgery to regain mobility and continue in Devon's clinical trial.
Also known as: Cracked vertebra
Ben has a T7 vertebral fracture causing spinal cord compression and preventing him from walking. Kit and Billie perform high-risk surgery to decompress the spine and restore mobility despite significant surgical risks from his MS complications.
Also known as: Brittle bones
Ben has severe osteoporosis from years of steroid treatment for MS, causing his bones to be extremely brittle and leading to pathologic fracture. This complicates his spinal surgery significantly.
Also known as: Weakened heart
During spinal surgery, Ben develops atrial fibrillation with rapid rate and hypotension due to heart weakened by years of steroid treatment, creating life-threatening crisis during the procedure.
Also known as: MS
Bell continues treatment with anti-CD20 antibody therapy at the clinic with good response. Kit expresses ongoing anxiety about his condition as a recurring subplot.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Cade reveals her father had a history of prescription drug abuse following a patient's death in Seattle five years ago. She expresses concern he may be relapsing based on suspicious behavior including taking pills and having unexplained injuries.