Season 7 Episode 7

Faith

Air date: Apr 30, 2024

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.

3 cases identified

Case 1

Naomi and Carl: Kidney Transplant, Consent, Rhnull Blood, and Pheochromocytoma

A desperate kidney transplant depends on a rare-blood donor whose beliefs, endocrine tumor, and hemorrhage risk all affect consent and safety.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Naomi failing dialysis and needing CRRT via right jugular catheter, with CRRT expected to buy about one week before complications without a kidney transplant. Carl appears after Naomi's daughter's donor video, has normal eGFR/uACR and w...
Clinical takeaway: This is the central transplant and ethics case of the episode.

Accuracy 3.0/5kidney-transplant-living-donor-consent-rhnull-blood-and-pheochromocytomakidney-transplantliving-kidney-donor

Case 2

Paul: Malignant Spinal Cord Tumor and Cordectomy Choice

Paul's skydiving injury reveals a palliative surgical choice: shorter recovery or more time with paralysis.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Paul having a grade 4 malignant spinal cord tumor and about a year prognosis, now 10 months in. His daughter Eve is helping him make bucket-list videos. After skydiving, his leg pain is referred neuropathic pain from a spinal fracture c...
Clinical takeaway: This is a separate neuro-oncology and palliative surgery case.

Accuracy 2.9/5malignant-spinal-cord-tumor-fracture-fusion-and-cordectomy-choicespinal-cord-tumormalignant-spinal-cord-tumor

Case 3

Hannah: Chiari Zero, Syringomyelia, Headache, and Opioid Use Disorder

Hannah's opioid-seeking behavior does not rule out a real neurologic pain generator.

Episode shows: The transcript supports Hannah reporting world-stopping headaches for three years helped by oxycodone 20s, claiming her pills fell into the toilet, and having a chart note of drug-seeking. Glassman finds an eye twitch and finger-tapping issue; later he identif...
Clinical takeaway: This is a separate neurologic pain and addiction-medicine case.

Accuracy 3.2/5chiari-zero-syringomyelia-chronic-headache-and-opioid-use-disorderchiari-malformationchiari-zero

About the Episode

Shaun and Jordan's patient is in dire need of a kidney transplant. When they find the perfect donor, they also discover that he believes he is Jesus which could compromise his ability to give consent to the surgery.

Medical Relevance

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The Medical Verdict

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