Season 1 Episode 13

The Blues

Air date: Feb 12, 2019

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Costly Surgery for Elusive Diagnosis

Reynolds chooses a costly surgery to determine an elusive diagnosis.

Episode shows: Reynolds chooses a costly surgery to determine an elusive diagnosis.
Clinical takeaway: Costly Surgery for Elusive Diagnosis is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, systems, ethics, or patient-safety scenario.

Accuracy 3.6/5costly-surgery-elusive-diagnosishospital-medicinepatient-safety

Case 2

Bloom Personal Demons

Bloom must face her personal demons.

Episode shows: Bloom must face her personal demons.
Clinical takeaway: Bloom Personal Demons is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, systems, ethics, or patient-safety scenario.

Accuracy 3.5/5bloom-personal-demonshospital-medicinepatient-safety

About the Episode

Max continues to work to solve underlying problems within the hospital despite his continuing struggles with treatment. Meanwhile, Reynolds makes the choice to do a costly surgery to determine an elusive diagnosis and Bloom must face her personal demons head-on.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.