diagnostic realism
4.0/5
House
Season 3 Episode 9
Finding Judas
Draft/review only: available sources support a conservative episode page stating that House and the team evaluate Alice, a young girl whose case is synopsis-framed around pancreatitis, while her divorced parents disagree over treatment and the issue goes to court. Detailed diagnostic twists, procedures, exact chronology, and the reported erythropoietic protoporphyria conclusion remain hidden until corroborated by stronger episode evidence.
Air date: Nov 28, 2006
overall
4.0/5
procedure realism
4.0/5
workflow realism
4.0/5
Medical Cases in This Episode
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1 case identified
Case 1
Alice: pancreatitis-framed pediatric case with treatment-decision conflict
TVMaze supports a cautious case card identifying Alice as a young girl whose case is framed around pancreatitis and whose divorced parents disagree about treatment decisions. This case does not claim the final diagnosis,
- Episode shows
- TVMaze supports a cautious case card identifying Alice as a young girl whose case is framed around pancreatitis and whose divorced parents disagree about treatment decisions. This case does not claim the final diagnosis, exact age, exact procedures, or scene c...
- Clinical takeaway
- This case links the episode's medical beat to alice-pancreatitis-framed-pediatric-case-with-treatment-decision-conflict.
About the Episode
House and the team take on the case of Alice, a young girl with pancreatitis. Since her divorced parents can't agree on how to proceed with her treatment and won't let House bully them into making a decision, House's only option is to take them to court and let a judge rule on the matter.
Medical Relevance
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The Medical Verdict
Draft/review only: available sources support a conservative episode page stating that House and the team evaluate Alice, a young girl whose case is synopsis-framed around pancreatitis, while her divorced parents disagree over treatment and the issue goes to court. Detailed diagnostic twists, procedures, exact chronology, and the reported erythropoietic protoporphyria conclusion remain hidden until corroborated by stronger episode evidence.