Season 6 Episode 12

365 Degrees

Air date: Feb 6, 2023

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.

4 cases identified

Case 1

Bob: Advanced Heart Failure Surgery and Single-Ventricle Bridge

Bob is running out of time waiting for a donor heart, and Lim's high-risk operation becomes more complicated when viable ventricular tissue is worse than expected.

Episode shows: The transcript and recaps support Lim supervising Asher and Perez on Bob, a patient with advanced heart failure who cannot wait for a matched donor. Lim proposes a high-risk repair; Asher repeatedly questions the risk and consent framing. In surgery, scar remo...
Clinical takeaway: This is a distinct cardiac-surgery case because it centers on heart-failure bridging, operative risk, transplant timing, and intraoperative contingency planning.

Accuracy 2.8/5advanced-heart-failure-aneurysm-repair-and-single-ventricle-palliationadvanced-heart-failureheart-transplant

Case 2

Kelli: Hydatidiform Mole, Uterine Perforation, and Shock

Kelli's abnormal pregnancy-related uterine tumor requires evacuation and becomes an emergency when the uterine wall perforates and she bleeds internally.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Shaun and Jordan treating Kelli, a 13-year-old whose tumor is explained as resulting from a fertilized egg that mutated after sex with her 13-year-old boyfriend. During curettage, the team evacuates the tumor, massages the uterine fundu...
Clinical takeaway: This is a distinct obstetric/gynecologic emergency because the medical problem is not teen sex itself; it is abnormal gestational tissue and life-threatening hemorrhage.

Accuracy 3.0/5teen-hydatidiform-mole-curettage-uterine-perforation-and-hemorrhagic-shockhydatidiform-molemolar-pregnancy

Case 3

Morgan: Repeat IVF Transfer and Aggressive Uterine Prep

After an unsuccessful transfer, Morgan wants to restart IVF quickly and weighs a more aggressive preparation plan against side effects and a new leadership role.

Episode shows: The transcript says Morgan tells her fertility doctor she wants another embryo transfer as soon as possible. She proposes restarting hormone injections, adding methylprednisolone, and doing prophylactic endometrial scratching; the doctor warns that more aggres...
Clinical takeaway: This is a separate reproductive-medicine case because it concerns IVF timing, medication/add-on risk, and shared decision-making after one failed transfer.

Accuracy 3.3/5repeat-ivf-transfer-aggressive-uterine-prep-and-endometrial-scratching-decisionembryo-transfer

Case 4

Danny: Opioid Relapse Risk and Recovery Support

Perez's stress during probation escalates into a relapse-risk moment, but he reaches for support and does not use.

Episode shows: The transcript and recaps support Perez being on probation after drug use and feeling that colleagues see him as a potential junkie instead of a surgeon. As the cardiac case pressure builds, he calls his sponsor and arranges to meet. Later, a dealer offers bla...
Clinical takeaway: This is a concrete addiction-medicine and professionalism case because it shows recovery vulnerability, relapse-prevention behavior, stigma, and supervision of a clinician after substance-use treatment.

Accuracy 3.4/5opioid-use-disorder-relapse-risk-sponsor-call-and-recovery-supportopioid-use-disorderrelapse-prevention

About the Episode

Shaun invites Aaron to stay with him while he has exterminators at his house and Lea realizes both men have a lot more in common than she realized. Meanwhile, Dr. Morgan Reznick wrestles with a big decision about her career and her personal life.

Medical Relevance

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