tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75943849419524756082010-03-21T22:19:50.043-06:00Performance ReviewsTaigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-402495409801213862012-01-01T16:35:00.016-07:002010-02-02T19:38:07.047-07:00Episode Index<a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Introduction.html">Introduction to Performance Reviews</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/featured-diseases.html">List of diseases featured on the show</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Summary.html">Summaries per season</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%201.html">Season One Episodes</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%202.html">Season Two Episodes</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%203.html">Season Three Episodes</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%204.html">Season Four Episodes</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%205.html">Season Five Episodes </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/labels/Season%206.html">Season Six Episodes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/101-pilot_20.html">1.01 Pilot</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/102-paternity_9102.html">1.02 Paternity</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/103-occams-razor_4050.html">1.03 Occam's Razor</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/104-maternity_2551.html">1.04 Maternity</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/105-damned-if-you-do_20.html">1.05 Damned If You Do</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/106-socratic-method_20.html">1.06 The Socratic Method</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/107-fidelity_20.html">1.07 Fidelity</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/108-poison_20.html">1.08 Poison</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/109-dnr_21.html">1.09 DNR</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/110-histories_21.html">1.10 Histories</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/111-detox_21.html">1.11 Detox</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/112-sports-medicine_21.html">1.12 Sports Medicine</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/113-cursed_23.html">1.13 Cursed</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/114-control_23.html">1.14 Control</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/115-mob-rules_23.html">1.15 Mob Rules</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/116-heavy_23.html">1.16 Heavy</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/117-role-model_23.html">1.17 Role Model</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/118-role-model.html">1.18 Babies and Bathwater</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/119-kids_23.html">1.19 Kids</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/120-love-hurts_23.html">1.20 Love Hurts</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/121-three-stories_24.html">1.21 Three Stories</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/122-honeymoon_24.html">1.22 Honeymoon</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/201-acceptance.html">2.01 Acceptance</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/202-autopsy.html">2.02 Autopsy</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/203-humpty-dumpty.html">2.03 Humpty Dumpty</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/205-daddys-boy.html">2.04 TB Or Not TB<br />2.05 Daddy's Boy </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/206-spin.html">2.06 Spin</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/207-hunting.html">2.07 Hunting</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/208-mistake.html">2.08 The Mistake </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/209-deception.html">2.09 Deception</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/210-failure-to-communicate.html">2.10 Failure To Communicate</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/212-distractions.html">2.11 Need To Know<br />2.12 Distractions </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/213-skin-deep.html">2.13 Skin Deep</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/214-sex-kills.html">2.14 Sex Kills</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/215-clueless.html">2.15 Clueless</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/216-safe.html">2.16 Safe</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/217-all-in.html">2.17 All In</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/218-sleeping-dogs-lie.html">2.18 Sleeping Dogs Lie</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/210-house-vs-god.html">2.19 House vs. God </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/220-221-euphoria.html">2.20 & 2.21 Euphoria</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/222-forever.html">2.22 Forever</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/223-whos-your-daddy.html">2.23 Who's Your Daddy?</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/224-no-reason.html">2.24 No Reason</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/301-meaning.html">3.01 Meaning </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/302-cane-and-able.html">3.02 Cane and Able</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/303-informed-consent.html">3.03 Informed Consent</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/304-lines-in-sand.html">3.04 Lines in the Sand</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/305-fools-for-love.html">3.05 Fools For Love</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/306-que-sera-sera.html">3.06 Que Sera Sera</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/307-son-of-coma-guy.html">3.07 Son of a Coma Guy</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/308-whac-mole.html">3.08 Whac-A-Mole</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/309-finding-judas.html">3.09 Finding Judas </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/310-merry-little-christmas.html">3.10 Merry Little Christmas</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/311-words-and-deeds_30.html">3.11 Words and Deeds</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/312-one-day-one-room.html">3.12 One Day, One Room</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/313-needle-in-haystack.html">3.13 Needle in a Haystack</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/314-insensitive.html">3.14 Insensitive </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/08/315-half-wit.html">3.15 Half-Wit </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/318-airborne.html">3.16 Top Secret<br />3.17 Fetal Position<br />3.18 Airborne</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/319-act-your-age.html">3.19 Act Your Age </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/320-housetraining.html">3.20 House Training</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/321-family.html">3.21 Family</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/323-jerk.html">3.22 Resignation<br />3.23 The Jerk</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/09/324-human-error.html">3.24 Human Error</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/401-alone.html">4.01 Alone</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/402-right-stuff.html">4.02 The Right Stuff</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/403-97-seconds.html">4.03 97 Seconds</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/404-guardian-angels.html">4.04 Guardian Angels</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/405-mirror-mirror.html">4.05 Mirror, Mirror</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2007/11/406-whatever-it-takes.html">4.06 Whatever It Takes</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/407-ugly.html">4.07 Ugly</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/408-you-dont-want-to-know.html">4.08 You Don't Want To Know</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/409-games.html">4.09 Games</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/410-its-wonderful-lie.html">4.10 It's a Wonderful Lie</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/411-frozen.html">4.11 Frozen</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/02/412-dont-ever-change.html">4.12 Don't Ever Change</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/07/413-no-more-mister-nice-guy.html">4.13 No More Mister Nice Guy</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/07/414-living-dream.html">4.14 Living The Dream</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/07/415-houses-head.html">4.15 House's Head</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/07/416-wilsons-heart.html">4.16 Wilson's Heart</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.01 Dying Changes Everything</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.02 Not Cancer</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.03 Adverse Events</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.04 Birthmarks</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.05 Lucky Thirteen</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2008/11/update-season-5-episodes-1-6.html">5.06 Joy</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-7-11.html">5.07 The Itch</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-7-11.html">5.08 Emancipation</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-7-11.html">5.09 Last Resort</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-7-11.html">5.10 Let Them Eat Cake</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-7-11.html">5.11 Joy to the World</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-12-16.html">5.12 Painless</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-12-16.html">5.13 Big Baby</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-12-16.html">5.14 The Greater Good</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-12-16.html">5.15 Unfaithful </a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/05/season-5-episodes-12-16.html">5.16 The Softer Side</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.17 The Social Contract</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.18 Here Kitty</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.19 Locked In</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.20 Simple Explanation</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.21 Saviours</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.22 House Divided</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.23 Under My Skin</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/season-5-episodes-17-to-24.html">5.24 Both Sides Now</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/603-epic-fail.html">6.03 Epic Fail</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/604-tyrant-and-605-instant-karma.html">6.04 The Tyrant</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/604-tyrant-and-605-instant-karma.html">6.05 Instant Karma</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/10/306-brave-hearts.html">6.06 Brave Hearts</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2009/11/307-known-unknowns.html">6.07 Known Unknowns</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2010/01/episodes-608-to-611.html">6.08 Teamwork</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2010/01/episodes-608-to-611.html">6.09 Ignorance Is Bliss</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2010/01/episodes-608-to-611.html">6.11 The Down Low</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2010/01/612-remorse.html">6.12 Remorse</a><br /><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/performancereviews/2010/02/613-moving-chains.html">6.13 Moving The Chains</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-40249540980121386?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-33703624962976631602010-03-21T22:19:00.001-06:002010-03-21T22:19:50.054-06:00This blog has moved<br /> This blog is now located at http://houseperformancereviews.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://houseperformancereviews.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://houseperformancereviews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.<br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-3370362496297663160?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-1535136800370747842010-02-02T19:22:00.007-07:002010-03-21T22:12:16.386-06:006.13 Moving The Chains<strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Man who has had a violent episode which he can't remember<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Paraneoplastic syndrome (<strong>Chase</strong>) + melanoma (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by team</strong><br /><em>House (3)</em>: Discovers patient's GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone) levels are elevated, notices patient's palms are white, sees patient didn't lose weight in hospital<br /><em>Chase (2)</em>: Notices patient's liver is inflamed, diagnosis for paraneoplastic syndrome<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Notices patient has cryoglobulinemai (patient's blood is clotting due to cold)<br /><em>Taub (0)</em><br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em><br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Chase suggested the patient had paraneoplastic syndrome, and House found the cancer causing it. He had melanoma, which the team hadn't thought to look for <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_93343.html">because he was African American</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-153513680037074784?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-32392608279133819322010-01-26T21:23:00.003-07:002010-01-26T21:31:15.934-07:006.12 Remorse<strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Woman with severe ear pain<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Wilson's disease (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by team</strong><br /><em>House (2)</em>: tells team the patient's psychopathy is a symptom, diagnosis for Wilson's disease<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: suggests change in patient's diet could have caused illness<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em><br /><em>Taub (0)</em><br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: realizes patient is a psychopath, discovers patient's psychopathy is a symptom<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House suggested at the beginning that the patient's psychopathy was a symptom of her physical illness, then abandoned the idea. Thirteen identified it as a symptom after talking to the patient's sister. They both receive credit.<br />House, stop irradiating patients.<br />House told Thirteen to test the patient for Wilson's disease, she later said "we ruled it out", but the patient had Wilson's disease after all. Thirteen receives an Error.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-3239260827913381932?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-60897788405106835572010-01-17T17:26:00.004-07:002010-01-17T20:55:45.863-07:00Episodes 6.08 to 6.11Episode 6.10, <strong>Wilson</strong>, is not included here.<br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>6.08 Teamwork</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with severe headache + photophobia<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Strongyloides (<strong>Chase</strong>) + extraintestinal Crohn's disease (<strong>House</strong> + <strong>Taub</strong> + <strong>Thirteen</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for Crohn's disease<br /><em>Cameron (1)</em>: Saw patient's liver is failing<br /><em>Chase (2)</em>: Noticed rash on patient's legs, diagnosis for strongyloides<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for strongyloides<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Diagnosis for Crohn's disease<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Diagnosis for Crohn's disease<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />I'm going to assume Cameron was correct when she accused House of knowing the final diagnosis. Because they each arrived at it separately, House, Taub and Thirteen all receive credit.<br />The team discovered the threadworm infection by performing an endoscopic exam of the bile duct, which they did because someone suggested the patient had a disease that damages bile ducts. That person gets credit for the Diagnosis, but who was it?! I can't remember, the Fox recap said it was Chase, and Polite Dissent said it was Foreman. I'm saying it was Chase but please tell me if I'm mistaken.<br />In this episode the team officially consisted of Foreman, Cameron and Chase, but House dragged Thirteen and Taub in as well. At the end the final composition of the team going forward is Foreman, Chase, Taub and Thirteen.<br />Goodbye Cameron, who left the show at the end of the episode.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>6.09 Ignorance Is Bliss</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with ataxia + anemia + cough<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Dextromethorphan abuse (<strong>House</strong>) + thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (<strong>Chase</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (2)</em>: Realized patient was abusing DXM, realized patient had multiple spleens<br /><em>Chase (3)</em>: Diagnosis for TTP, saw patient was having stroke, found hidden vodka & cough medicine<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Suggested toxins<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Deduced patient was in kidney failure<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Confirmed TTP by finding schistocytes in patient's blood<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />I'm calling the "robo tripping" a separate diagnosis, because while it turned out to be irrelevant to the illness that put him in the hospital it can't be a good idea to poison your brain.<br />Chase's diagnosis of TTP was rejected after the patient failed to improve following a splenectomy. House then learned that the patient had broken his ribs years earlier and realized that the trauma had caused his spleen to split off and grow into multiple spleens, and Chase's suggestion of TTP was correct. I'm awarding Chase the Diagnosis for TTP and House a point for realizing it was correct and why.<br />You would think Chase would have seen the extra spleens before the splenectomy, but since House did not indicate it was Chase's fault that he didn't I'm not giving him an Error.<br />Another character named James?! Is this an in joke by the writers or something?<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>6.11 The Down Low</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with vertigo induced by loud noises<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Hughes-Stovin syndrome (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (2)</em>: Realized patient is using beta blockers, diagnosis for Hughes-Stovin syndrome<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Noticed patient's heart rate didn't increase during a painful procedure<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em><br /><em>Taub (0)</em><br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em><br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />The patient died in the end because his illness was too advanced to treat. The explanation was that he was treating his first symptom, hypertension, with beta blockers and that the team couldn't have cured him if they'd diagnosed him sooner.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-6089778840510683557?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-6411870228578538942009-11-27T17:06:00.006-07:002009-12-01T22:04:48.077-07:00Recommendation: House and the Philosophy of NietzscheScholar Bernadette Dahan-Delelis has written a series of five articles on Dr. House as the Superman that philosopher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a> described in his famous work <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra">Thus Spake Zarathustra</a>. The first two have been posted in English by translator Heather Graham, and the remaining articles should be posted soon. <a href="http://heatherosborne.speculative-fiction.ca/?p=86">This link</a> is to the first article, with the second article linked at the bottom. The original French versions will be available at <a href="http://dr.house.over-blog.fr/">this website</a>. Thanks very much to both Bernadette and Heather for their hard work and for giving me permission to post these fascinating articles. Go read!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-641187022857853894?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-45010499288570948912009-11-10T19:12:00.006-07:002010-01-26T21:31:54.082-07:006.07 Known Unknowns<strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Girl with swollen ankles + hands + collapse<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> <em>Vibrio vulnificus</em> infection from oysters (<strong>House</strong>) + hemochromatosis (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by team:</strong><br /><em>House (4)</em>: Realizes patient had low blood potassium, deduces patient was lying, diagnosis for food poisoning, diagnosis for hemochromatosis<br /><em>Chase (0)</em><br /><em>Cameron (2)</em>: Idea to test food, suggests patient's illness is caused by a toxin<br /><em>Foreman (3)</em>: Says food may have caused illness, realizes patient has brain damage causing her to lie, sees on scan that patient isn't telling truth during truth serum test<br /><em>Taub (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Thirteen (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm assuming House was correct about the patient's blood potassium levels being low the night before.<br />House is awarded a point for deducing that the patient was lying because that's how the team learned she had eaten oysters. At that point they didn't need further information to make their diagnosis, so further attempts to learn what happened the night before don't earn points.<br />Cameron loses a point for giving the patient vitamin supplements for the bulemia she didn't have, dosing her with iron that proved to be causing her illness.<br />Again the medicine didn't make much sense, I'm afraid, plus this is the third time they've used hemochromatosis. <a href="http://safeoysters.org/medical/patients.html">Hemochromatosis really does make people more vulnerable to this type of infection</a>, however.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-4501049928857094891?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-66121847815694905312009-10-20T20:55:00.005-06:002009-11-10T19:30:14.285-07:006.06 Brave HeartsThis is my 100th post!<br /><br /><strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Man with family history of premature death by cardiac arrest<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Cerebral aneurysm (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by team:</strong><br /><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for berry aneurysm<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em><br /><em>Chase (0)<br />Foreman (0)</em><br /><em>Taub (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Thirteen (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House receives an error for sending the patient home without a diagnosis, or rather with a fake diagnosis.<br />The emergency technicians are responsible for wrongfully pronouncing the patient dead, Foreman and House do not receive an error.<br />Cameron receives an error for ignoring the patient's complaint of jaw pain. Not only was it a symptom, but jaw pain can indicate a heart attack - exactly what this patient was in danger of having.<br />The medicine was pretty shaky. Why didn't they test for Wilson's disease, instead of treating for it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-6612184781569490531?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-17661297103914553672009-10-13T20:42:00.004-06:002009-11-19T20:12:07.825-07:006.04 The Tyrant and 6.05 Instant Karma<strong><span style="color:#660000;">6.04 The Tyrant</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Man coughing blood<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Blastomycosis (<strong>Foreman</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (0)</em><br /><em>Cameron (0)</em><br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Observes hemorrhage in patient's eye<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for blastomycosis<br /><em>Taub (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Thirteen (N/A)</em>: Not part of differential<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />The original team is back together, with Foreman heading the department and House participating in an unofficial capacity. Thirteen and Taub are no longer on the team, but I'm assuming they'll be back.<br />It will never be known for certain but the characters seemed to assume that Foreman's diagnosis was the correct one, so I'm awarding it to him.<br />Foreman does not lose a point for not sticking to his diagnosis. I considered it, but it was the kind of judgment call the team makes all the time. I also considered docking Cameron a point for lying about the patient's mental state to his aide, but didn't because it's impossible to know how wrong she was and it didn't really affect his treatment.<br />Chase loses a point for <em>murdering the patient</em>. He should lose ALL points but I'll stick to just one.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">6.05 Instant Karma</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Boy with abominal pain + fever + weight loss + dehydration<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Primary antiphospholipid syndrome (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for primary antiphospholipid syndrome<br /><em>Cameron (2)</em>: sees patient has fecal impaction, notices rash<br /><em>Chase (0)</em><br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: spots irregularity on heat CT<br /><em>Taub (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Thirteen (N/A)</em>: Not part of differential<br /><br /><strong>Notes: </strong><br />I'm assuming that what Foreman saw on the head CT was real and a symptom, but I could be wrong.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-1766129710391455367?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-21709274682847751172009-10-04T21:55:00.003-06:002009-10-10T13:46:17.095-06:00Season Five SummaryI regret that without transcripts I don't feel I can come up with an accurate tally of points, so I'm going to just count actual diagnoses.<br /><br />In season five the team consisted of House, Foreman, Kutner, Taub and Thirteen. Kutner left the show after episode 19. Chase and Cameron participated occasionally.<br /><br />There were 24 episodes, and a total of 28 patients. Three of these patients died and 25 were saved, giving House's patients a survival rate of 89%. There were two patients in <em>Not Cancer</em>, <em>Joy</em>, <em>Emancipation</em>, and <em>Simple Explanation</em>. One patient died in <em>Not Cancer</em> and one in <em>Simple Explanation</em> because their illnesses were not diagnosed in time, as did the patient in <em>Joy to the World</em>. One of the patients in <em>Emancipation</em> was treated and diagnosed by Foreman alone, with assistance from Chase and Cameron.<br /><br />Cuddy diagnosed the doomed patient in <em>Joy to the World</em>, and Wilson was given co-credit for the diagnosis in <em>Birthmarks</em>. The patient in the season finale <em>Both Sides Now</em> was diagnosed by his own girlfriend. Cameron had two diagnoses of her own, one in <em>Last Resort</em> and one in <em>Simple Explanation</em>, which is very good considering she's no longer on House's team!<br /><br />Thirteen lead the Housepets with three diagnoses (in <em>Emancipation</em>, <em>Joy to the World</em> and <em>Painless</em>). Foreman had two diagnoses, in <em>Emancipation</em> and <em>The Softer Side</em>. Kutner had the epiphany moment in his final episode <em>Locked In</em> and Taub had the diagnosis in <em>House Divided</em> (if I'm remembering the episode correctly).<br /><br />House outdiagnosed them all with 23 diagnoses (remember that many episodes have more than one diagnosis). I haven't done an analysis but I believe he's getting the diagnosis much more often than he did in seasons 1 or 2. I doubt this is deliberate on behalf of the writers.<br /><br />In five seasons, House and his team(s) have diagnosed 124 patients. Of those, 107 were saved. That's an overall survival rate of 86%.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-2170927468284775117?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-2461672232887970142009-10-04T17:50:00.002-06:002009-10-04T17:53:56.541-06:006.03 Epic FailThe season premiere, which counted as episodes 6.01 and 6.02, is not included here.<br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with burning pain in hands<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Fabry's disease (<strong>Foreman</strong> + <strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for Fabry's disease<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for Fabry's disease<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:<br /></strong>Foreman, Thirteen and Taub were on their own this episode, and Taub quit toward the end.<br />Foreman and House came up with the diagnosis independently of each other, so both receive credit.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-246167223288797014?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-74351517176050131512009-10-04T17:29:00.007-06:002009-10-16T21:59:07.394-06:00Season 5, Episodes 17 to 24I'm back! Again, without transcripts these summaries are brief. I'll post a season summary later but given the sketchiness of my reviews without transcripts, my results will not be as precise as I'd like.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.17 The Social Contract<br /></strong></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with frontal lobe disinhibition + nosebleed<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Doege-Potter Syndrome (<strong>House</strong>) + autoimmune reaction to tumor (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Diagnosis for Doege-Potter Syndrome, diagnosis for autoimmune reaction<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (2)</em>: Sees patient's kidneys are failing, orders full body scan<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Suggests diabetes<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />The team saw the fibroma on the patient's full body scan, but misdiagnosed it as a lung cyst.<br />Taub gets a point for suggesting diabetes because the glucose tolerance test House ordered based on Taub's suggestion provided a vital clue. Doege-Potter Syndrome causes hypoglycemia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.18 Here Kitty<br /></strong></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with bronchospasm<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Carcinoid tumour in appendix (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Sees patient's rash, diagnosis for carcinoid tumour<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Sees spider veins on patient's back<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />"Death cat" was based on <a href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/4/328">a true story</a>.<br />The patient faked an illness to get to see House. I'm only counting what happened after they determined she really was ill, but it's worth noting that Taub deduced she'd faked her symptoms with methylene blue.<br />I don't know what caused the brown urine in the end. Also, why didn't they notice at the beginning that the patient's temperature was elevated?<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.19 Locked In<br /></strong></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with locked in syndrome<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Leptospirosis (<strong>Kutner</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Sees patient isn't brain dead, realizes patient has liver failure<br /><em>Cameron (0)<br />Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Diagnosis for leptospirosis<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Idea for brain-computer interface<br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: Observes patient has bloody urine, diagnoses ulcerative keratitis.<br /><br /><strong>Notes:<br /></strong>Diagnosis was complicated because the patient couldn't speak.<br />The infection caused liver failure, which caused the locked in syndrome. <a href="http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2258">The medical reviewer at Polite Dissent noted this didn't make much sense.</a> Notice that the patient's original doctor thought the locked in syndrome was caused by an infection.<br />Cameron suggested that the team perform a lumbar puncture, but they were unable to complete because the patient went into cardiac arrest. I'm not sure if the lumbar puncture would have helped to diagnose leptospirosis, so I'm not awarding a point for it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.20 Simple Explanation</strong></span><br /><br />There was only supposed to be one patient this week, but instead there were two. Patient A was Eddie, dying of heart failure supposedly caused by lung cancer, and patient B was his wife who was the team's original patient.<br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Case A<br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Blastomycosis (<strong>Cameron</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (1)</em>: Confirmed Cameron's diagnosis<br /><em>Cameron (1)</em>: Diagnosis for blastomycosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Observes that patients' heath were connected and used this to help them<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Case B<br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with acute respiratory failure<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Visceral leishmaniasis (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><strong>House (3)</strong>: Realizes patient is faking symptoms, observes muscle atrophy in left leg, diagnosis for visceral leishmaniasis<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Notices scarring on liver<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Sees patient has an infection<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />Cameron observed nodules on Eddie's fingers and told House that he may not have lung cancer. House investigated and determined that Cameron was correct, Eddie had a fungal infection. Cameron was awarded the Diagnosis because although she didn't identify the disease, she was the only one who recognized the patient was incorrectly diagnosed. Without her he would have died. Nice going, Eddie's original doctors.<br />Charlotte, patient B, died because her infection was diagnosed too late.<br />RIP Kutner, who committed suicide at the beginning of the episode.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.21 Saviours</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man unable to stand<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Sporotrichosis (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Sees swelling on patient's neck is crepitus, diagnosis for sporotrichosis<br /><em>Cameron (1)</em>: Sees patient's chronic hiccups are a symptom<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (2)</em>: Observes swelling on patient's neck, rules out bone cancer with bone biopsy<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><strong><br />Notes:</strong><br />Cameron fully participated in the differential diagnosis and patient treatment.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.22 House Divided<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Deaf boy with exploding head syndrome<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Sarcoidosis (<strong>Taub</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (3)</em>: Discovers patient has neuropathy, idea to compare past and present brain MRIs, realizes patient has arrhythmia<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Sees nerve inflammation during brain biopsy<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for sarcoidosis<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Diagnosis for sarcoidosis<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:<br /></strong>House and Chase both lose points for installing a cochlear implant in the patient without consent: House for doing it, and Chase for falling for House's lies.<br />I may be remembering wrong but I think that Taub was the first to suggest sarcoidosis. Foreman later realized that the patient's chewing tobacco habit suppressed his immune system, hiding the symptoms. I'm therefore awarding Taub credit for the Diagnosis and Foreman credit for realizing Taub was right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.23 Under My Skin<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with collapsed lungs<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Gonorrhea (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (3)</em>: Diagnosis for gonorrhea, diagnosis for toxic epidermal necrolysis, idea to stop heart to obtain MRI image<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Spots heart abscess on MRI<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Idea to use vasodilators to save patient's hands and feet<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong><br />Whose idea was it to give the patient dopamine to stabilize her so that Chase could remove the abscess? Did they say? That person gets a point.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.24 Both Sides Now<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with alien hand syndrome + bloody tears + loss of sense of taste<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Propylene glycol poisoning<br /><strong><br />Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Observes that patient has liver failure, realizes source of blood clots<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Suggests blood clotting issue<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Realizes the patient has propylene glycol poisoning<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Observes splinter hemorrhages underneath patient's fingernails<br /><br /><strong>Notes:<br /></strong>There's just no way around it, the patient's girlfriend diagnosed him. House's team can't claim credit for it. She suggested to Thirteen and Taub that his deodorant was causing the problem, and their research confirmed which ingredient was the culprit. I've awarded a point to Taub because it appeared that he was the one to narrow it down to propylene glycol, but it's possible he was taking the credit for Thirteen's discovery.<br />Wilson counseled the patient on how to handle his alien hand, and he seemed to be correct: after hearing his advice, the patient's hand never acted up again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-7435151717605013151?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-79404479362727672022009-05-18T14:46:00.025-06:002010-02-05T20:52:14.947-07:00Featured Diseases<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_SearchBar.Term=11876514[uid]">Abdominal tuberculoma</a> in 1.10 Histories<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=2">Abuse / violence</a> (<em>see also</em> Sexual abuse) in 3.12 One Day, One Room<br /><a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_TkFfwv&server=search2.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.porphyriafoundation.com%2fabout-porphyria%2ftypes-of-porphyria%2fAIP&rid=Ndoc0&v%3aframe=redirect&">Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)</a> (<em>also see</em> Porphyria) in 1.22 Honeymoon<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000541.htm">Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)</a> in 6.10 Wilson<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Is_Acute_Myeloid_Leukemia_AML_Classified.asp?rnav=cri">Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)</a> in 5.08 Emancipation<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/addisonsdisease.html">Addison's disease</a> in 3.01 Meaning<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001362.htm">African sleeping sickness </a>in 1.07 Fidelity<br />AIDS <em>see</em> HIV / AIDS<br /><a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_iQQGSs&server=search1.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nlm.nih.gov%2fmedlineplus%2falcoholism.html&rid=Ndoc0&v%3aframe=redirect&">Alcohol</a> / <a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_iQQGSs&server=search1.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nlm.nih.gov%2fmedlineplus%2fdrugabuse.html&rid=Ndoc1&v%3aframe=redirect&">drug abuse</a> in 1.06 The Socratic Method, 1.12 Sports Medicine, 2.11 Need To Know, 3.07 Son of a Coma Guy, 4.01 Alone, 4.09 Games, 5.14 Unfaithful, 6.09 Ignorance Is Bliss<br />Alien hand syndrome <em>see</em> Split brain<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000874.htm">Allergic vasculitis </a>in 4.14 Living the Dream<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_is_rhabdomyosarcoma_53.asp?sitearea=cri">Alveolar rhabdomyosacrcoma </a>in 2.02 Autopsy<br /><a href="http://www.healthandnutritiontips.net/amantadine_poisoning/amantadine_poisoning.html">Amantadine poisoning</a> in 4.16 Wilson's Heart<br /><a href="http://www.amyloidosis.org/treatment/secondary.asp">Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis</a> (<em>see also</em> Amyloidosis) in 3.03 Informed Consent<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/amyloidosis/DS00431/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print">Amyloidosis</a> in 3.02 Informed Consent<br /><a href="http://www.isna.org/faq/conditions/ais">Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome</a> (<em>also see</em> Intersexuality) in 2.13 Skin Deep<br /><a href="http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/anthrax/">Anthrax</a> in 1.13 Cursed<br /><a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/812953-overview">Arsenic poisoning</a> in 5.08 Emancipation<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brain-avm/DS01126/METHOD=print">Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)</a> in 1.09 DNR<br /><a href="http://www.assistedsuicide.org/">Assisted suicide</a> in 3.03 Informed Consent (<em>see also</em> Euthanasia), 6.07 Known Unknowns<br /><a href="http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/asd.cfm">Autism</a> in 3.04 Lines in the Sand<br />Baylisascaris infection <em>see</em> Raccoon roundworm infection<br /><a href="http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Behcets_Disease/behcets_disease_ff.asp">Behcet's disease</a> in 2.08 The Mistake<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/benigntumors.html">Benign tumor</a> in 2.02 Autopsy, 2.11 Need To Know<br /><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtml">Bipolar disorder </a>in 2.10 Failure to Communicate, 6.01 Broken<br /><a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/961731-overview">Blastomycosis</a> in 5.20 Simple Explanation, 6.04 The Tyrant<br /><a href="http://www.bloodservices.ca/centreapps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/Blood">Blood transfusion</a>, <a href="http://196.33.159.102/1985%20VOL%20LXVIII%20Jul-Dec/Articles/02%20August/2.18%20MISMATCHED%20BLOOD%20TRANSFUSION.A%20CASE%20REPORT,%20D.G.Moyes,%20M.T.Miller,%20L.Blumberg.pdf">blood type mismatch</a> in 4.08 You Don't Want To Know<br />Brain aneurysm <em>see</em> Cerebral aneurysm<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/breast">Breast cancer</a> in 4.10 It's a Wonderful Lie<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/broken-heart-syndrome/DS01135">Broken heart syndrome</a> in 3.11 Words and Deeds<br /><a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_dzo0Sy&server=search1.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cdc.gov%2fncidod%2fdbmd%2fdiseaseinfo%2fbrucellosis_g.htm&rid=Ndoc0&v%3aframe=redirect&">Brucellosis</a> in 2.14 Sex Kills<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html">Bubonic plague</a> in 2.18 Sleeping Dogs Lie<br /><a href="http://womenshealth.gov/faq/bulimia-nervosa.cfm">Bulimia</a> in 1.14 Control<br /><a href="http://www.phoenix-society.org/">Burns</a> in 2.12 Distractions<br /><a href="http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=2049">Cadmium poisoning</a> in 1.12 Sports Medicine<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Carcinoid+Tumor">Carcinoid tumor</a> in 5.18 Here Kitty<br /><a href="http://www.angiomaalliance.org/pages.aspx?content=60">Cavernous angioma</a> in 2.05 Daddy's Boy<br /><a href="http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/">Celiac disease</a> in 2.22 Forever<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_aneurysm/detail_cerebral_aneurysm.htm">Cerebral aneurysm</a> in 6.06 Brave Hearts<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/chagas/factsheets/detailed.html">Chagas disease</a> in 4.13 No More Mr. Nice Guy<br /><a href="http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-truth-about-chimeras/">Chimerism</a> in 3.02 Cane and Able<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001239.htm">Chronic ganulomatous disease</a> in 3.08 Whac-A-Mole<br /><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/336594/the_facts_about_congenital_insensitivity.html">Chronic insensitivity to pain (CIPA)</a> in 3.14 Insensitive<br /><a href="http://www.theacpa.org/">Chronic pain</a> in 5.12 Painless<br /><a href="http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/cochlear.html">Cochlear implants</a> in 5.22 House Divided<br /><a href="http://www.immunedisease.com/patients-and-families/about-pi/types-of-pi/common-variable-immunodeficiency-cvid.html">Common variable immune deficiency (CVID)</a> in 1.17 Role Model<br />Coma <em>see</em> Vegetative state<br /><a href="http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site2192/mainpageS2192P0.html">Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)</a> in 3.17 Fetal Position<br /><a href="http://www.porphyriafoundation.com/about-porphyria/types-of-porphyria/CEP">Congenital erythropoietic porphyria</a> (<em>see also</em> Porphyria) in 3.09 Finding Judas<br /><a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hf/HF_WhatIs.html">Congestive heart failure</a> in 1.14 Control<br /><a href="http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/12/2/152">Conversion disorder</a> in 2.13 Skin Deep, 3.08 Whac-A-Mole<br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12342487?dopt=Abstract">Copper allergy</a> in 1.05 Damned If You Do<br /><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUM/is_2_80/ai_76636539/">Crohn's disease</a> in 6.08 Teamwork<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000348.htm">Cushing's disease</a> in 1.16 Heavy<br /><a href="http://deafness.about.com/">Deafness</a> in 5.22 House Divided<br /><a href="http://www.childrensfaces.com/content/Default.aspx?tabid=61">Deformity</a> in 4.07 Ugly<br /><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/complete-index.shtml">Depression</a> (<em>see also</em> Suicide) in 3.22 Resignation, 5.12 Painless, 5.20 Simple Explanation, 6.02 Broken<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000573.htm">Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)</a> in 2.03 Humpty Dumpty<br /><a href="http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/119/1/185">Doege-Potter syndrome</a> in 5.17 The Social Contract<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/dwarfism/DS01012/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print">Dwarfism</a> in 3.10 Merry Little Christmas<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/alveolarechinococcosis/default.htm"><em>Echinococcus</em> infection</a> in 2.07 Hunting<br /><a href="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/eclampsia/article_em.htm">Eclampsia</a> in 5.5.11 Joy to the World<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000895.htm">Ectopic pregnancy</a> in 5.01 Dying Changes Everything<br />Encephalitis <em>see</em> Herpes encephalitis<br /><a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/endo/endo_what.html">Endocarditis</a> in 3.20 House Training<br /><em><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/enterovirus/non-polio_entero.htm">Enterovirus</a></em> infection in 1.04 Maternity<br /><a href="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2007/03/brain-damage-turns-man-into-human.html">Environmental dependancy syndrome</a> in 4.05 Mirror, Mirror<br /><a href="http://www.aasp.org/shap/issues/v3n1/v3n1p25.pdf"><em>Eperythrozoon</em> infection</a> in 4.05 Mirror, Mirror<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/detail_epilepsy.htm">Epilepsy</a> in 5.12 Painless<br /><a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/963894-overview">Epstein-Barr virus</a> in 1.17 Role Model<br /><a href="http://www.med.harvard.edu/JPNM/TF00_01/Oct3/WriteUp.html">Erdheim-Chester disease</a> in 2.17 All In<br /><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14891">Ergot poisoning</a> in 4.04 Guardian Angels<br /><a href="http://www.euthanasia.com/">Euthanasia</a> in 3.03 Informed Consent (see also Assisted suicide), 6.07 Known Unknowns<br /><a href="http://www.mssm.edu/genetics/fabry/">Fabry's disease</a> in 6.03 Epic Fail<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=familialmediterraneanfever">Familial Mediterranean fever</a> in 5.06 Joy<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm">Food poisoning</a> in 2.14 Sex Kills, 4.04 Guardian Angels, 6.07 Known Unknowns<br /><a href="http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/11/2/280">Frontal lobe disinhibition</a> in 5.17 The Social Contract<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001317.htm">Genetic mosaicism</a> (<em>see also</em> Intersexuality) in 5.15 The Softer Side<br />Giovannini mirror syndrome <em>see</em> Environmental dependency syndrome<br /><a href="http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/g/gold_poisoning/intro.htm">Gold poisoning</a> in 2.15 Clueless<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/">Gonorrhea</a> in 2.14 Sex Kills, 5.23 Under My Skin<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001309.htm">Graft vs host disease</a> in 3.21 Family<br /><a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/mush.html">Hallucinogenic mushrooms</a> in 5.11 Joy to the World<br /><a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/chd/chd_what.html">Heart defect</a> in 3.24 Human Error, 5.13 Big Baby<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=hemochromatosis">Hemochromatosis</a> in 2.23 Who's Your Daddy?, 3.23 The Jerk, 6.07 Known Unknowns<br /><a href="http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/infections/hepatitis/071.printerview.html">Hepatitis C</a> in 1.15 Mob Rules, 2.08 The Mistake<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=hereditaryangioedema">Hereditary angioedema</a> in 3.05 Fools For Love<br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=121300">Hereditary coproporphyria</a> (<em>see also</em> Porphyria) in 5.10 Let Them Eat Cake<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=hereditaryhemorrhagictelangiectasia">Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia</a> in 3.16 Top Secret<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001415.htm">Herpes encephalitis</a> in 2.05 Damned If You Do, 2.19 House vs God<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/histoplasmosis_gi.html">Histoplasmosis</a> in 3.21 Family<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/brochures/livingwithhiv.htm">HIV / AIDS</a> in 2.07 Hunting<br /><a href="http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042009000600012&lng=es&nrm=1&tlng=en">Hughes-Stovin syndrome</a> in 6.11 The Down Low<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/huntington.htm">Huntington's disease</a> in 4.08 You Don't Want To Know, 5.10 Let Them Eat Cake<br />Hysteria <em>see</em> Mass hysteria<br />Incest <em>see</em> Sexual abuse<br /><a href="http://www.ukia.co.uk/">Intersexuality</a> in 2.13 Skin Deep, 5.15 The Softer Side<br /><a href="http://www.edtreatmentcenters.com/ipecac-abuse.php">Ipecac abuse</a> in 1.14 Control<br /><a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/815213-overview">Iron toxicity</a> in 5.08 Emancipation<br /><a href="http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1101/mainpageS1101P0.html">Langerhans cell histiocytosis</a> in 3.10 Merry Little Christmas<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lead-poisoning/FL00068">Lead poisoning</a> in 5.07 The Itch<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000616.htm">Legionnaire's disease</a> in 2.20&2.21 Euphoria<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/factsht_leishmania.htm">Leishmaniasis</a> in 5.20 Simple Explanation<br /><a href="http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/leprosy/Understanding/whatis.htm">Leprosy</a> in 1.13 Cursed, 5.01 Dying Changes Everything<br /><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/leptospirosis/article.htm">Leptospirosis</a> in 5.19 Locked In<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_what_is_liver_cancer_25.asp">Liver cancer</a> in 1.05 The Socratic Method, 2.08 The Mistake<br /><a href="http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/7508/94">Locked-in syndrome</a> in 5.19 Locked In<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungcancer.html">Lung cancer</a> in 1.18 Babies and Bathwater, 3.06 Que Sera Sera<br /><a href="http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Lupus/lupus_ff.asp">Lupus</a> in 4.08 You Don't Want To Know<br /><a href="http://www.aldf.com/lyme.shtml">Lyme disease</a> in 4.07 Ugly<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/faq.htm">Malaria</a> in 2.10 Failure To Communicate<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/male-menopause/MC00058/METHOD=print">Male menopause</a> in 3.11 Words and Deeds<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.aafp.org/afp/20001215/2649.html">Mass hysteria</a> in 3.18 Airborne<br /><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/446907/maternal_mirror_syndrome_a_rare_and.html?cat=52">Maternal mirror syndrome</a> in 3.17 Fetal Position<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/melanoma">Melanoma</a> in 6.13 Moving The Chains<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/melioidosis_gi.html">Melioidosis</a> in 5.09 Last Resort<br /><a href="http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1289/mainpageS1289P0.html">Meningioma</a> in 3.11 Words and Deeds<br /><a href="http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Condition/7144/Myoclonus_with_epilepsy_with_ragged_red_fibers.aspx">MERRF Myoclonic epilepsy and ragged red fiber disease</a> in 3.07 Son of a Coma Guy<br /><a href="http://www-clinpharm.medschl.cam.ac.uk/pages/teaching/topics/poison/poison9.html">Methanol poisoning</a> in 2.01 Acceptance<br /><a href="http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/methylbromide/casedef.asp">Methyl bromide poisoning</a> in 3.18 Airborne<br /><a href="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/munchausen_syndrome/article_em.htm">Munchausen's syndrome</a> in 2.09 Deception<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/detail_myasthenia_gravis.htm">Myasthenia gravis</a> in 2.06 Spin<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/default.htm"><em>Naegleria</em> infection</a> in 2.20&2.21 Euphoria<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002477.htm">Naphthalene poisoning</a> in 1.11 Detox<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001443.htm">Necrotizing fascitis</a> in 1.21 Three Stories<br /><a href="http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_2/n/nephroptosis.aspx">Nephroptosis</a> in 4.12 Don't Ever Change<br /><a href="http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/Nesidioblastoma.asp?q=Nesidioblastoma">Nesidioblastoma</a> in 2.04 TB Or Not TB<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000703.htm">Neurosyphilis</a> in 3.15 Half-Wit<br /><a href="http://www.donatelife.net/">Organ donation</a> in 1.14 Control, 2.14 Sex Kills, 5.02 Not Cancer<br /><a href="http://intensivecare.hsnet.nsw.gov.au/current/community/conditions/organophosphate_poisoning">Organophosphate poisoning</a> in 1.08 Poison<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=ornithinetranscarbamylasedeficiency">Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTD)</a> in 1.15 Mob Rules<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/osteomyelitis/DS00759/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print">Osteomyelitis</a> in 1.20 Love Hurts<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.iu.edu/osteosarcoma//osfacts/index.php">Osteosarcoma</a> in 1.21 Three Stories<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_pancreatic_cancer_34.asp?rnav=cri">Pancreatic cancer</a> in 5.24 Both Sides Now<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/paraneoplastic/paraneoplastic.htm">Paraneoplastic syndrome</a> in 1.18 Babies and Bathwater, 2.13 Skin Deep, 3.06 It's a Wonderful Lie, 6.13 Moving The Chains<br /><a href="http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-definition/Parthenogenesis/">Parthenogenesis</a> (virgin birth) in 5.11 Joy to the World<br /><a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_tW58Q8&server=search2.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nhlbi.nih.gov%2fhealth%2fdci%2fDiseases%2fpda%2fpda_what.html&rid=Ndoc0&v%3aframe=redirect&">Patent ductus arteriosus</a> (PDA) in 5.13 Big Baby<br /><a href="http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pepticulcers_ez/">Peptic ulcer</a> in 2.08 The Mistake<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/phantom-pain/DS00444">Phantom limb pain </a>in 6.04 The Tyrant<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/pheochromocytoma/patient/">Pheochromocytoma</a> in 4.02 The Right Stuff, 2.01 Acceptance<br /><a href="http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/pica.html">Pica</a> in 3.04 Lines in the Sand<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pituitary_tumors/pituitary_tumors.htm">Pituitary tumor</a> in 3.10 Merry Little Christmas<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000901.htm">Placental abruption</a> in 5.06 Joy<br /><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0524254120070905">Popcorn lung</a> in 6.10 Wilson<br /><a href="http://www.porphyriafoundation.com/">Porphyria</a> in 1.22 Honeymoon, 3. 09 Finding Judas, 5.10 Let Them Eat Cake<br /><a href="http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/9/0">Precocious puberty</a> in 3.19 Act Your Age<br /><a href="http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/2/161">Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis</a> in 2.20&2.21 Euphoria<br /><a href="http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/antiphospholipid.htm">Primary antiphospholipid syndrome</a> in 6.05 Instant Karma<br /><a href="http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/cardiotoxicity_propylene_glycol/intro.htm">Propylene glycol poisoning</a> in 5.24 Both Sides Now<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000088.htm">Psittacosis</a> in 2.03 Humpty Dumpty<br /><a href="http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-Psychopathy-Checklist.html">Psychopathy</a> in 6.12 Remorse<br /><a href="http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/pure_red_cell_aplasia/intro.htm">Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA)</a> in 2.06 Spin<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/qanda/general.html">Rabies</a> in 1.10 Histories<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/baylisascaris/factsht_baylisascaris.htm">Raccoon roundworm infection</a> in 3.04 Lines in the Sand<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/radiation-sickness/DS00432/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print">Radiation poisoning</a> in 2.05 Daddy's Boy<br />Ragged red fiber disease <em>see</em> MERRF<br />Rape <em>see</em> Sexual abuse<br /><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/582645_2">Retroperitoneal bleed</a> in 3.15 Half-Wit<br /><a href="http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/articles/320.printerview.html">Sarcoidosis</a> in 5.22 House Divided, 6.04 The Tyrant<br /><a href="http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_FLIXcr&server=search1.nlm.nih.gov&v%3astate=root%7croot&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nlm.nih.gov%2fmedlineplus%2fency%2farticle%2f000355.htm&rid=Ndoc0&v%3aframe=redirect&">Scurvy</a> in 3.01 Meaning<br /><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/serotonin-syndrome/DS00860/METHOD=print">Serotonin syndrome</a> in 2.12 Distractions, 4.01 Alone<br /><a href="http://www.oxfordrapecrisis.net/">Sexual abuse / Rape</a> in 2.13 Skin Deep, 3.12 One Day, One Room<br /><a href="http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Sjogrens_Syndrome/sjogrens_syndrome_ff.asp">Sjogren's syndrome</a> in 5.05 Lucky Thirteen<br />Sleeping sickness <em>see</em> African sleeping sickness<br />Spinal meningioma <em>see</em> Meningioma<br /><a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=spinalmuscularatrophy">Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)</a> in 4.03 97 Seconds<br /><a href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=203">Split brain</a> in 5.24 Both Sides Now<br /><a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228723-overview">Sporotrichosis</a> in 5.21 Saviors<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stomachcancer.html">Stomach cancer</a> in 2.22 Forever<br />Stomach ulcer <em>see</em> Peptic ulcer<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stroke.html">Stroke</a> in 1.09 DNR, 2.02 Autopsy<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000630.htm"><em>Strongyloides</em> infection</a> in 4.03 97 Seconds and 6.08 Teamwork<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/subacute_panencephalitis/subacute_panencephalitis.htm">Subacute sclerosis panencephalitis</a> in 1.02 Paternity<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html">Suicide</a> in 5.20 Simple Explanation<br />Syphilis <em>see</em> Neurosyphilis<br /><a href="http://vasculitis.med.jhu.edu/typesof/takayasu.html">Takayasu's arteritis</a> in 3.15 Half-Wit<br /><a href="http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Diphyllobothriasis.htm">Tapeworm</a> in 1.01 Pilot, 3.14 Insensitive<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/testicular/patient/">Testicular cancer</a> in 2.13 Skin Deep<br /><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=79810">Thallium poisoning</a> in 4.06 Whatever It Takes<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000552.htm">Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpurea (TTP)</a> in 1.19 Kids and 6.09 Ignorance Is Bliss<br /><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thymoma/patient">Thymoma</a> in 2.06 Spin<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001359.htm">Tick paralysis</a> in 2.16 Safe<br /><a href="http://www.dermnetnz.org/doctors/emergencies/ten.html">Toxic epidermal necrolysis</a> in 5.23 Under My Skin<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/faqs/qa_introduction.htm#Intro1">Tuberculosis</a> (TB) in 2.04 TB Or Not TB<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tuberoussclerosis.html">Tuberous sclerosis</a> in 2.19 House vs God<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001267.htm">Urinary tract obstruction</a> in 3.17 Fetal Position<br /><a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm">Vegetative state</a> in 3.01 Meaning, 3.07 Son of a Coma Guy<br /><a href="http://vasculitis.med.jhu.edu/whatis/whatis.html">Vasculitis</a> <em>see also</em> Allergic vasculitis, Behcet's disease, Takayasu's arteritis<br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00043142.htm"><em>Vibrio vulnificus</em> infection</a> in 6.07 Known Unknowns<br />Visceral leishmaniasis <em>see</em> Leishmaniasis<br />Vitamin K deficiency in 1.06 The Socratic Method<br />Von Hipple-Lindau disease in 4.02 The Right Stuff<br />Wilson's disease in 1.06 The Socratic Method and 6.12 Remorse<br />Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in 5.14 Unfaithful<br /><em>Zygomycosis</em> infection in 2.23 Who's Your Daddy?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-7940447936272767202?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-79177299718974602662009-05-17T12:31:00.003-06:002009-10-12T15:41:45.251-06:00Season 5, Episodes 12-16<strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.12 Painless<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with chronic pain<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Epilepsy (<strong>Thirteen</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (4)</em>: Realizes patient has attempted suicide by blowing air into his IV, idea for spinal block procedure, realizes patient drank rubbing alcohol in suicide attempt, diagnosis for epilepsy<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Orders CT test which finds intestinal edema + air in blood vessels<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: Diagnosis for pulmonary embolism, suggests non-motor seizures<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm fuzzy on this, but I believe that what Thirteen was suggesting when she said "non-motor seizures" is what House eventually diagnosed him with. Therefore, Thirteen gets the credit.<br />The patient attempted suicide twice in the hospital. These were not considered diagnoses unto themselves, but House received credit for deducing the attempts.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.13 Big Baby<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman coughing blood<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (2)</em>: Orders bleeding test, diagnosis for PDA<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Finds pleural effusions with ERCP test<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Cameron loses a point for allowing House to cut off the top of the patient's head. (There's a sentence I never thought I would type.)<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.14 The Greater Good</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with spontaneous pneumothorax + history of uterine myoma<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Endometriosis (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for endometriosis<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Spots something on MRI (I'm not sure what it really was, he thought it was a granuloma)<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Spots increased interstisal markings on CT<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Sees patient is bleeding into her abdominal cavity<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> The liver failure was never explained. Was it because she was bleeding from her hepatic artery?<br />The part about the patient scratching through her skull may have been taken from <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande/">this story</a>. <br />Foreman and Thirteen didn't contribute much to the differential because they had their own drama going on.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.15 Unfaithful</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptom:</strong> Man with hallucination<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Alcoholism (<strong>House</strong>) + Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Diagnosis for alcohol abuse, diagnosis for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome<br /><em>Cameron (1)</em>: Diagnoses alcohol abuse<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (2)</em>: Finds patient has pneumocystis (indicative of compromised immune system), suggests hyper IgE syndrome (genetic immune disorder)<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> The patient enters the ER with a hallucination, which Cameron attributes to alcohol abuse. House brings the case to the team as a "fake", which everyone quickly figures out. The patient ends up getting sick for real (his toe falls off), and the hallucination is considered the first symptom. House finally diagnoses the patient by attributing the hallucination to alcohol. Therefore House is credited with diagnosing the patient, but Cameron receives a point too.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.16 The Softer Side</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Child with genetic mosaicism + severe abdominal pain<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Dehydration (<strong>Foreman</strong>) + kidney damage (<strong>House</strong>) + poisoning from MRI contrast (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Realizes patient's kidneys are damaged from energy drinks, diagnosis for dye poisoning<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for dehydration<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: Sees patient is in cardiac tamponade, notices patient's palms are red indicating kidney damage<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> It's confusing but I'm attributing the patient's initial symptom, abdominal pain, to dehydration + kidney damage from energy drinks (and seriously, how much of that stuff was he drinking?) and his subsequent symptoms to poisoning from the MRI contrast.<br />Unlike House himself, I'm not docking him a point for giving the patient the MRI which caused his illness.<br />I don't remember if Chase was the surgeon who found the gastric fistula caused by necrotizing pancreatitis. He gets a point if it was.<br />Thirteen loses a point for telling the parents that their son was suicidal when he wasn't and for giving the patient the truth about his condition. I'm docking her this point because it caused a rift between a seriously ill child and his parents, right when he most needed to trust them.<br />House was absent for part of the case.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-7917729971897460266?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-56604738300563846242009-05-17T11:47:00.005-06:002009-05-17T12:19:56.177-06:00Season 5, Episodes 7-11I know I haven't updated in a while, but I am catching up. I will complete season 5 and am also considering adding a list of diseases discussed on the show.<br />As I discussed in my previous post, my reviews here have suffered because I no longer have transcripts to go by. I will continue to post my abbreviated versions. This is complicated by the fact that I waited so long to write them that I'm having trouble remembering what happened!<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.07 The Itch</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with agoraphobia + headache + seizures<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Lead poisoning from bullets left inside patient after a shooting (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Realizes patient's bowel is obstructed, diagnosis for lead poisoning<br /><em>Cameron (2)</em>: Persuades patient to allow team to keep treating him, observes flattened villi in bowel<br /><em>Chase (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Idea to perform EEG to diagnose cause of seizures<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> The team was limited while diagnosing and treating this patient, as he refused to leave his home.<br />Removing the bullet fragments without anaesthesia was brutal even by House's own standards.<br />I'm assuming the partial bowel obstruction was also caused by the lead poisoning.<br />House spent a lot of the episode trying to force the patient to go to the hospital against his wishes. I'm calling this a value judgment and therefore am not awarding or deducting points around this issue.<br />Taub loses a point for igniting the patient's intestinal gas during the surgery, but that may be excusable given the circumstances under which he performed the surgery.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.08 Emancipation<br /></span></strong><br />There were two cases for the Housepets this week. Foreman diagnosed a clinic patient with help from Chase and Cameron.<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#660000;">Case A</span><br /></span><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Girl with pulmonary edema<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Arsenic poisoning (<strong>House</strong>) + acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) (<strong>Thirteen</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Diagnosis for arsenic poisoning, gets patient to admit truth and contact her family<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Notices blood in patient's urine<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Observes on fMRI that patient is lying about her family<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Diagnosis for APL<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm assuming that the arsenic poisoning was contributing to her symptoms, or that it would have made her sick if she hadn't also had APL (which is treated with arsenic).<br />From the patient's fMRI Kutner deduces that the patient is lying about her parents, and House later figures out that she's lying from guilt and persuades her to contact her family. Because the patient is a minor and (according to the show) would need a bone marrow transplant to save her life, I'm awarding points for this.<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#660000;">Case B</span><br /></span><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Boy with lethargy, diarrhea, bloody vomiting<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Iron toxicity from too many vitamins (<strong>Foreman</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (N/A)</em>: Refuses to participate in diagnosis<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Suggests patient is being poisoned by his mother or brother<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Diagnosis for iron toxicity<br /><em>Kutner (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Taub (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Thirteen (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm going to brag here: I called the patient's brother poisoning him long before Foreman figured it out. But then I think most of the audience did.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.09 Last Resort</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with lack of breath, fatigue, headaches, stomach aches, skin rashes, heart palpitations, insomnia<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Melioidosis (<strong>Cameron</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (4)</em>: Observes patient has low lung volume, diagnoses seventh-nerve palsy, observes patient is sweating on just one side of his face, diagnoses patient with low calcium (Chvostek's sign)<br /><em>Cameron (2)</em>: Suggests patient's medications have been protecting his kidneys, diagnosis for melioidosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Refuses to participate in diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Suggests chronic lung infection<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: Observes patient has high heart rate, suggests chemical cardioversion to restore heart rate<br /><br /><strong>Notes: </strong>Diagnosis was complicated by the patient, you know, holding House and Thirteen hostage.<br />The medicine was confusing. If the writers can't keep it straight, don't expect me to; I'm just doing the best I can.<br />Since chronis melioidosis can affect the brain, I'm assuming here that the patient's palsy and anhidrosis (sweating on one side of his face) were symptoms.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.10 Let Them Eat Cake</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with difficultly breathing<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Hereditary coproporphyria (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (1)</em>: Diagnosis for hereditary coproporphyria<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Sees problem has spread to the patient's muscles<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Either Kutner or Taub noticed that the patient had lost sensation in her foot, but I don't remember which.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>5.11 Joy to the World</strong><br /></span><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Girl with hallucinations, vomiting, liver failure<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Eclampsia (<strong>Cuddy</strong>) + poisoning with hallucinogenic mushroom (<strong>Thirteen</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Notices high alkaline phosphate levels in patient's blood, stops Wilson and Cuddy from putting patient on chemotherapy<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of diagnosis<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Gets students to admit to poisoning patient<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Diagnosis for hallucinogen poisoning<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Yay, Cuddy got the diagnosis! She also found the patient's abandoned baby.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-5660473830056384624?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-63450296773344830202008-11-06T22:28:00.004-07:002009-10-04T22:14:37.271-06:00Update: Season 5, Episodes 1-6I haven't been posting my analyses for Season 5 for two reasons. First, I haven't been able to find transcripts. Second, the medicine has gotten so confusing that sometimes I'm not even sure what the final diagnosis is. Here is a breakdown of diagnoses for the first six episodes of Season 5, but this doesn't include points. Sorry. I hope I can go back to analysis one day, but in the meantime I'm grateful to Scott at Polite Dissent for posting <a href="http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.html">medical reviews of the show</a>. What follows is pretty much cribbed from him, and the Fox recaps.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.01 Dying Changes Everything</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with hallucinations, abdominal pain, anemia, bradycardia, memory loss<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Ectopic pregnancy (<strong>House</strong>) + lepromatous leprosy (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> How could the team have missed the ectopic pregnancy? Kutner should lose a point for that.<br />Foreman should lose a point for giving the patient chemotherapy which would have killed her if House hadn't diagnosed her infection in time.<br />Someone suggested she had an infection picked up while traveling, which was the case.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.02 Not Cancer</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial symptoms:</strong> Two patients who received organs from the same donor. Four other patients who received organs from this donor had died.<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Cancer stem cells from the donor (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> The team was trying to save two patients. One died before the diagnosis was made, and one was saved.<br />I couldn't make any sense at all out of Kutner's intestinal perforation theory, and <a href="http://politedissent.com/archives/2083">neither could the physician who writes the medical reviews</a>.<br />At the beginning they said no blood is transmitted in a corneal transplant, so how did the cornea transplant receipient get the donor's cancer cells in her brain?<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.03 Adverse Events</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with visual agnosia<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Experimental drug interactions (<strong>House</strong>) + bezoar (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House deduced that the patient was in different experimental drug trials. I think he also figured out that the patient had a bezoar but I don't remember.<br />Taub earns a point for confirming from the patient's old paintings that the patient's symptoms are caused by drug interactions.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.04 Birthmarks</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with abdominal pain + vomiting blood<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Pins in patient's brain (<strong>House</strong> + <strong>Wilson</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm attributing the final diagnosis to both House and Wilson because House's diagnosis followed from Wilson's realization that the patient's parents tried to kill her when she was born.<br />I'm really uncertain about what caused the patient's symptoms here. At first House suggested that she had iron overload, but in the end it was all attributed to the pins in her brain. Was it one or the other? Or both? I think we're supposed to believe it was just the pins, that's how <a href="http://www.fox.com/house/recaps/s5_e04.htm">the Fox recap</a> reads, but that shouldn't have caused all those symptoms.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.05 Lucky Thirteen</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with tonic clonic seizure, severe fatigue, history of retinal vein occlusion<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Sjogren's Syndrome (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I really had a problem with House's behaviour this episode. I thought he was torturing the patient for fun.<br />Why would the lung cysts have smooth muscle cells in them?<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">5.06 Joy</span></strong><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with blackouts + hallucinations<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Familial Mediterranean Fever (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House deduced that the patient's daughter suffered the same illness as he did, so this case counts as two patients.<br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000363.htm">The symptoms don't match the diagnosis at all.</a><br />Cuddy met with a woman whose unborn baby she wanted to adopt. With Cameron's help she ended up diagnosing the unborn baby with underdeveloped lungs and the mother with placental abruption. This isn't part of the analysis because it wasn't House's team working on the case, but still worthy of note.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-6345029677334483020?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-7923920012629725132008-07-06T19:39:00.004-06:002008-11-06T22:26:32.567-07:00Season Four SummaryThanks to the writers' strike there were only 16 episodes this season, half of which were dedicated to House's <em>Survivor</em> game. The second half of the season featured House's final motley team of three new Housepets, Hadley (Thirteen) the internist, the Kutner the rehabilitative and sports medicine specialist, and Taub the plastic surgeon. Foreman the neurologist rejoined the team as well and Chase and Cameron remained on the sidelines in Surgery and Emergency Medicine respectively, contributing only rarely.<br />House was away treating his own patient in <em>Whatever It Takes</em>, and Foreman diagnosed a patient in another hospital in <em>97 Seconds</em>. These two cases were not covered here, and except for them there was one patient per episode.<br /><br />Patients treated: 16<br />Lives saved: 14<br />The patient in <em>Wilson's Heart</em> died because her body was too damaged to survive, and the patient in <em>97 Seconds</em> died because competition between the fellowship contestants interfered with his care.<br /><br />House: 16 diagnoses + 33 credits - 1 error = 48 total<br />Kutner: 4 diagnoses + 10 credites - 1 error = 13 total<br />Thirteen: 2 diagnoses + 11 credits - 1 error = 12 total<br />Foreman: 1 diagnosis + 11 credits - 1 error = 11 total<br />Taub: 3 diagnoses + 6 credits = 9 total<br />Chase: 2 diagnoses + 3 credits = 5 total<br />Cameron: 2 credits - 1 error = 1 total<br /><br />My conclusions: After four seasons, 96 patients have been treated by House and his pets and 82 lives were saved by them.<br />The new team started off better than the originals did, because they had to. After the first season they're all pretty equal to each other. Taub has less overall points, but he also gets less focus than the other characters.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-792392001262972513?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-44798641897350252462008-07-06T10:57:00.002-06:002008-07-06T11:05:27.276-06:004.16 Wilson's Heart<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with traffic accident injuries + elevated heart rate<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Amantadine poisoning (<strong>House</strong>) + influenza (<strong>Taub</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (5)</em>: Idea to search apartment for toxins, idea for deep brain stimulation to retrieve memory, notices influenza rash, diagnosis for amantadine poisoning, knows that dialysis won't clear drug from blood<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Sees jaundice<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Stops Thirteen from connecting wrong tube on patient<br /><em>Taub (1)</em>: Suggests a toxin (lead, drugs) is causing heart trouble, diagnosis for influenza<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> This was a very hard episode to assign points for. I stuck to my method of working backwards from the correct diagnosis, which meant discarding a lot of things that would otherwise have counted for points or errors. The telling point here is that nothing would have saved the patient (Amber Volakis), so everything they did to her that could have potentially harmed her was irrelevant. I'm also calling influenza a separate diagnosis, although it didn't cause her fatal condition that they were diagnosing, because 1) it did cause at least one symptom and 2) knowing that she had the flu may have led them deduce that she had taken drugs for it and led them to the amantadine poisoning diagnosis without House's memory of seeing her taking the pills.<br />Wilson persuaded House to induce hypothermia and put Amber on bypass to avoid sending chemicals from her damaged heart to her brain. Everyone but House and Wilson acts as if this was a bad idea, so I'll assume it was. Again it didn't matter in the end, so no points were awarded or subtracted for it.<br />House and Foreman wanted to treat Amber for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever before confirming the diagnosis, but Wilson prevented them from doing so. Foreman acts as if this is bad medicine, but it makes sense to this layperson. On Foreman's suggestion he and Cuddy later warm Amber up, but as Wilson feared the chemicals produced from her damaged heart do affect her brain. If Wilson hadn't stopped them then perhaps she would have suffered brain damage. For this reason I'm awarding Foreman an error for it, even if technically it would have been inducing brain damage in a dead woman.<br />Taub suggested "infection" but her influenza was not what caused her symptoms, so no points were awarded. Taub does get credit for a diagnosis for declaring her rash a symptom of influenza, however, as House later remembered that she did indeed have it.<br />I'm assuming that the flu pills which killed Amber was not in her apartment to find, that the only ones she had were on her and lost in the bus crash, so Kutner and Thirteen lose no points for not finding them in the apartment. I'm still awarding House a point for suggesting they search there, however.<br />Thirteen almost connected a wrong tube on the patient, but Kutner stopped her. Thirteen doesn't lose a point because she didn't actually hurt the patient, but I'm giving Kutner a point.<br />House asks everyone what the significance of sherry could be in his dream, and Kutner suggests it may stand for Sharrie's Bar. I considered awarding a point to Kutner but didn't, as the information gained didn't really advance the case and it wasn't exactly a medical suggestion anyway.<br />House has an idea to regain his memory by using deep brain stimulation. Cuddy rejects this by saying it's too dangerous, but Wilson later persuades him to do it. It's through the procedure that House remembers Amber taking amandatine and makes the diagnosis. Cuddy, however, turns out to be right about the procedure being dangerous.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-4479864189735025246?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-38790898890483655152008-07-06T10:51:00.003-06:002008-07-06T10:56:41.750-06:004.15 House's HeadThis review is a partial one only, and will be completed when/if a transcript becomes available.<br /><br /><strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with injuries from traffic accident + leg paralysis<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Air embolism (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Diagnosis for air embolism, idea for removing it<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Chase (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House begins the episode convinced that one of the passengers on a crashed bus is ill, and that person appears to be the bus driver. House diagnoses him only to realize that he's not the patient he was looking for. This review focuses on the bus driver's case, the medicine of which I found confusing but I did the best I could here.<br />Kudos to Thirteen (now given a name: Hadley) for performing the procedure on the patient, but I honestly can't remember the circumstances on how she came to be the only person in the room to do it. For now she won't receive a point, but this may change when I see the episode again.<br />To find the ill passenger, who is revealed to be Amber at the end, House has Chase hypnotize him. When Amber appears in House's hypnotic vision, however, Chase tells House to ignore her and therefore prevents House from realizing the truth. If I were awarding points for this part of the diagnosis Chase would get a point for knowing how to perform hypnosis (is there anything Chase can't do this season?) but would lose one for influencing House's recall during the procedure.<br />While I laughed out loud when Cuddy told House to go home and rest after discovering his skull was fractured and when Foreman the neurologist told Kutner to forget House's condition, again those aren't part of the differential here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-3879089889048365515?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-88964276984986720972008-07-06T10:44:00.002-06:002008-07-06T10:50:41.627-06:004.14 Living The Dream<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with loss of peripheral vision<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Allergic vasculitis (<strong>House</strong>) + allergy to quinine (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (4)</em>: Notices patient has peripheral vision loss, sees patient is delirious, diagnosis for allergic vasculitis, diagnosis for allergy to quinine<br /><em>Cameron (1)</em>: Idea to test thyroid with iodine uptake test<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not part of differential<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Notices patient is using his fingers in an odd way<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Sees that patient's kidneys aren't filtering iodine<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm calling the vasculitis and the allergy two different diagnoses, because it was possible to diagnose one without diagnosing the other, so House gets credit for both.<br />I'm assuming that Foreman's suggestion about the patient having a neurological problem based on how he was holding his stethoscope was correct, since he did have other neurological symptoms.<br />Cameron makes suggestions for testing the patient for nerve entrapment when his foot becomes numb, and for testing his thyroid when Graves Diseases is suspected. By my method of working backwards from the correct diagnosis, these ideas would usually not receive credit. Cameron's idea for the iodine uptake test prevented House from destroying the patient's healthy thyroid, however, so I'm giving her credit for it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-8896427698498672097?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-57389115317168980532008-07-06T10:37:00.003-06:002008-07-06T10:43:59.942-06:004.13 No More Mister Nice GuyThis review is a partial one only, and will be completed when/if a transcript becomes available.<br /><br /><strong>I</strong><strong>nitial Symptoms:</strong> Man with nystagmus + syncope + dysgeusia<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Chagas disease (<strong>Kutner</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team</strong><br /><em>House (1)</em>: Realizes patient's niceness is a neurological symptom<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Chase (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Foreman (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Kutner (2)</em>: Runs VDRL test, diagnosis for Chagas disease<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Idea to perform bubble test to test for heart defect<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Given that Cameron was working the ER without nurses, she can be forgiven for classifying a fainting patient as "low priority".<br />I'm assuming that all of the patient's symptoms were caused by Chagas disease, because chronic infection can cause heart and intestinal problems as well as the encephalitis that caused the neurological problems. Thirteen therefore gets credit for thinking of heart problems and proposing the bubble test, which when performed appears to have triggered Kutner's epiphany about Chagas disease. Kutner is awarded a point for running the VDRL test for neurosyphilis because Chagas disease also yields a false positive with this test; so do many other conditions, but that wasn't mentioned on the show.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-5738911531716898053?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-51487337261331318412008-02-24T17:18:00.003-07:002008-02-24T17:24:20.834-07:004.12 Don't Ever Change<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with bloody urine + loss of bladder control<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Nephroptosis (floating kidney) (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Sees patient's symptoms set in when she's lying down, diagnosis for nephroptosis<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Chase (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Foreman (2)</em>: Suggests leg pain caused by pinched nerve, suggests pheochromocytoma and Addison's disease<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (1)</em>: Sees patient is bleeding internally<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> House receives an error for insisting that the patient's conversion to Hasidic Judaism was a symptom of altered mental status. If he hadn't done so, he would probably have gotten the diagnosis sooner.<br />Foreman receives credit for suggesting pheochromocytoma and later Addison's disease, conditions concerning adrenaline production and adrenal glands, because the symptoms under consideration were caused by strain on the right adrenal gland on top of the floating kidney.<br />Chase came up with an idea to trick the patient into surgery to find the source of her internal bleeding, but House later said that he wouldn't have been able to detect it because the patient would have been lying down. Since the surgery wouldn't have found the problem, Chase receives no credit for his idea.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-5148733726133131841?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-66937025087713928702008-02-24T17:13:00.002-07:002008-02-25T20:03:01.817-07:004.11 Frozen<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Woman with severe right flank pain<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Fat emboli (<strong>Kutner</strong>) from a broken toe (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (5)</em>: Sees patient's lung is collapsing, tells patient how to re-inflate lung, idea to have mechanic test patient's urine, idea to relieve intercranial pressure, diagnosis for broken toe<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of differential<br /><em>Chase (N/A)</em>: Not in episode<br /><em>Foreman (2)</em>: Idea to test kidney function, talks mechanic through tests on patient<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Diagnosis for fat emboli<br /><em>Taub (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Thirteen (0)</em>: None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> I'm assuming that the enlargened and inflamed lymph nodes were irrelevant findings not caused by the fat emboli.<br />House doesn't receive an error for not making the patient take her socks off during the physical exam because they were examining her lymph nodes, which doesn't require examination of the feet.<br />Except for Foreman, the Housepets were not involved in this case until the very end.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-6693702508771392870?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-533221947547823192008-02-24T17:08:00.002-07:002008-02-24T17:25:00.759-07:004.10 It's a Wonderful Lie<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> <a name="OLE_LINK2">Woman with flaccid paralysis of hands + intermittent numbness of arms</a><br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Breast cancer (<strong>Taub</strong>) + paraneoplastic syndrome (<strong>Taub</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (2)</em>: Realizes patient must have breast tissue somewhere in her body other than her chest, confirms diagnosis with Risperidone<br /><em>Cameron (N/A)</em>: Not part of differential<br /><em>Chase (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Sees patient has osteopetrosis<br /><em>Kutner (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Taub (2)</em>: Diagnosis for breast cancer, diagnosis for paraneoplastic syndrome<br /><em>Thirteen (0):</em> None<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Taub's diagnosis was based upon the idea that the surgeon may have missed tissue when s/he removed the patient's breasts. House realized that the patient may have breast tissue somewhere else, and found it using a drug that causes breast tissue swelling.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-53322194754782319?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594384941952475608.post-67590302287408273202008-02-24T17:02:00.003-07:002008-11-06T22:28:04.014-07:004.09 Games<strong>Initial Symptoms:</strong> Man with bloody cough + drug use<br /><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> Autoimmune reaction (<strong>Kutner</strong>) to measles (<strong>House</strong>)<br /><br /><strong>Contributions by Team<br /></strong><em>House (3)</em>: Realizes blood clotting resulted from patient's drug use, idea to look at masses around patient's heart with surgery, diagnosis for measles<br /><em>Cameron (0)</em>: None<br /><em>Chase (1)</em>: Sees enlargened lymph nodes<br /><em>Foreman (1)</em>: Realizes patient is hiding multiple nicotine patches<br /><em>Kutner (1)</em>: Diagnosis for immune system overreaction<br /><em>Taub (2)</em>: Sees patient has clotting problem, suggests infection<br /><em>Thirteen (2)</em>: Finds bad blood fragments, performs lumbar puncture<br /><em>Volakis (1)</em>: Realizes that patient has been having complex partial seizures<br /><br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Volakis was fired at the end of the episode. House's final team is Foreman, Kutner, Taub and Thirteen.<br />To be honest, the medicine in this episode was so confusing I'm not sure how to award points at all. What ended up being the cause of the bloody cough?<br />Kutner was the first to suggest the patient's symptoms were caused by overstimulation of his immune system. House later realized that measles were causing the reaction. I'm not sure how his immune system could have been weak enough for him to get measles, then strong enough to overreact to it.<br />Cameron receives an error for failing to realize that her patient had a serious illness.<br />Volakis received an error for leaving the patient alone with an oxygen tank, allowing him to blow himself up with a cigarette.<br />Thirteen received credit for performing the lumbar puncture because, in the real world, that should have showed the measles infection in the patient's brain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7594384941952475608-6759030228740827320?l=www.housemd-guide.com%2Fperformancereviews%2Findex.php' alt='' /></div>Taigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139621244719375391noreply@blogger.com0