Monday Mornings

Season 1 Episode 5

The Legend And The Fall

Air date: Mar 4, 2013

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.

4 cases identified

Case 1

Elder Physician Cognitive Concern

A senior physician walks into the wrong procedure, prompting concern about cognition.

Episode shows
A senior physician walks into the wrong procedure, prompting concern about cognition.
Clinical takeaway
Elder Physician Cognitive Concern is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, surgical, emergency, transplant, ethics, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.6/5elder-physician-cognitive-concernpatient-safety

Case 2

Competitive Swimmer Seizure

A competitive swimmer suffers a seizure in the emergency room.

Episode shows
A competitive swimmer suffers a seizure in the emergency room.
Clinical takeaway
Competitive Swimmer Seizure is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, surgical, emergency, transplant, ethics, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.8/5competitive-swimmer-seizurepatient-safety

Case 3

Risky Transvenous Thrombolysis

Tina performs a risky transvenous thrombolysis.

Episode shows
Tina performs a risky transvenous thrombolysis.
Clinical takeaway
Risky Transvenous Thrombolysis is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, surgical, emergency, transplant, ethics, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.8/5risky-transvenous-thrombolysispatient-safety

Case 4

Missed Bacterial Endocarditis

Sydney questions whether signs of bacterial endocarditis were missed.

Episode shows
Sydney questions whether signs of bacterial endocarditis were missed.
Clinical takeaway
Missed Bacterial Endocarditis is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, surgical, emergency, transplant, ethics, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.8/5missed-bacterial-endocarditispatient-safety

About the Episode

Hooten's mentor, Dr. Arvin Wayne, walks into the wrong procedure on the wrong day, leading the surgeons at Chelsea General to question the cognitive abilities of one of the hospital's elder statesmen. When a top competitive swimmer suffers a seizure in the emergency room, Villanueva follows his gut – leading to a surprising diagnosis. Tina must perform a risky transvenous thrombolysis with Ty and Michelle's help. And Sydney implies that Lieberman might be a crummy doctor for missing the signs of bacterial endocarditis in a former patient.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.