diagnostic realism
4.0/5
House
Season 5 Episode 22
House Divided
Draft/review-only starter page. Multiple third-party episode synopses support a public, limited summary: a deaf 14-year-old wrestler named Seth collapses after hearing explosions, and House's sleep loss/insomnia affects the case. Diagnosis-specific and detailed diagnostic-sequence claims remain hidden because transcript-level evidence was unavailable.
Air date: Apr 27, 2009
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
Seth's collapse and hearing-related symptoms during wrestling
A limited case stub can describe the sourced setup: Seth is a deaf 14-year-old wrestler who collapses after experiencing hearing problems or hearing explosions during a match. The draft should not name a final diagnosis
- Episode shows
- A limited case stub can describe the sourced setup: Seth is a deaf 14-year-old wrestler who collapses after experiencing hearing problems or hearing explosions during a match. The draft should not name a final diagnosis or detailed test/treatment path yet.
- Clinical takeaway
- This case links the episode's medical beat to seths-collapse-and-hearing-related-symptoms-during-wrestling.
About the Episode
The team takes on the case of a deaf 14-year-old named Seth who collapsed after he started "hearing" explosions while competing in a wrestling match. Meanwhile, House's lack of sleep starts to play tricks on his mind, but he finds his insomnia may be a gift instead of a burden.
Medical Relevance
A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.
The Medical Verdict
Draft/review-only starter page. Multiple third-party episode synopses support a public, limited summary: a deaf 14-year-old wrestler named Seth collapses after hearing explosions, and House's sleep loss/insomnia affects the case. Diagnosis-specific and detailed diagnostic-sequence claims remain hidden because transcript-level evidence was unavailable.