diagnostic realism
3.8/5
ER
Season 3 Episode 16
Faith
Faith is curated around Mark Tries to List a Down Syndrome Patient for Heart Transplant; Jad Houston Turns Eighteen and Requests Ventilator Withdrawal.
Air date: Feb 20, 1997
overall
3.8/5
procedure realism
3.7/5
workflow realism
3.9/5
Medical Cases in This Episode
These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.
2 cases identified
Case 1
Mark Tries to List a Down Syndrome Patient for Heart Transplant
Mark tries to get a congestive heart failure patient with Down Syndrome onto a transplant list.
- Episode shows
- Faith directly supports heart failure transplant-listing ethics.
- Clinical takeaway
- Transplant candidacy should be evidence-based and not shaped by disability bias.
Accuracy 3.8/5heart-failure-transplant-listing
Case 2
Jad Houston Turns Eighteen and Requests Ventilator Withdrawal
Jad Houston requests removal from the respirator when he turns 18.
- Episode shows
- The summary supports ventilator withdrawal and adult capacity.
- Clinical takeaway
- Stopping life-sustaining treatment requires capacity assessment and symptom-focused planning.
Accuracy 3.8/5ventilator-withdrawal-request
Episode Summary
Mark tries to get a congestive heart failure patient with Down Syndrome on to a heart transplant list. Carter disagrees with a diagnosis by Anspaugh. Carol agonizes over whether to take the MCAT. Jad Houston turns 18 and requests that Doug take him off the respirator. Greg and Jeanie agree to continue seeing each other.
Differential Diagnosis and Testing Logic
Mark Tries to List a Down Syndrome Patient for Heart Transplant: A real team would evaluate heart failure transplant listing using the supported presentation, vital signs, focused history, exam, risk assessment, and targeted consultation or testing when indicated. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medications, imaging findings, timestamps, or outcomes.
Jad Houston Turns Eighteen and Requests Ventilator Withdrawal: A real team would evaluate ventilator withdrawal request using the supported presentation, vital signs, focused history, exam, risk assessment, and targeted consultation or testing when indicated. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medications, imaging findings, timestamps, or outcomes.
Medical Accuracy Review
Mark Tries to List a Down Syndrome Patient for Heart Transplant: The episode summary supports this as a concrete medical, safety, diagnostic, or care-pathway thread. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, test results, medication doses, timestamps, consent dialogue, or final outcomes.
Jad Houston Turns Eighteen and Requests Ventilator Withdrawal: The episode summary supports this as a concrete medical, safety, diagnostic, or care-pathway thread. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, test results, medication doses, timestamps, consent dialogue, or final outcomes.
Sources and Further Reading
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