My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 26 23: The Terrifying Counterfeit Medicines

Director Lou finished reading the dical record but didn't find any useful clues.

His gaze fell involuntarily on the child.

"The patient is 11 years old, with a body temperature of 39.7 degrees Celsius, a high fever. Shortness of breath, blood pressure dropping repeatedly, 86/54mmHg. Heart rate 155 beats per minute."

Each piece of this basic data looked heart-wrenching.

The child's current condition was extrely dangerous, and if the cause of the shock couldn't be found in ti, the child was very likely to die in the resuscitation room.

The doctors had fulfilled their ergency duty and bore no responsibility.

But it could have a negative impact on the hospital's reputation.

Judging from the family's previous behavior, the likelihood of dical disturbances was high.

Director Lou's and the attending physician's expressions beca more and more grave, a hint of anxiety showing between their brows.

"Have all the necessary tests been done?"

Doctors are human, not deities.

When a diagnosis can't be made with experience and dical knowledge alone, one must rely on modern, advanced dical equipnt.

"Here are the results of the blood tests, and imaging of the brain and thoracoabdominal region, all of which show no abnormalities."

There are many possible causes for shock, such as major abdominal bleeding, brain tumors pressing on important blood vessels or nerves, and so on.

Director Lou took the examination reports and scrutinized them carefully, hoping to find a clue.

Sweat beaded on his forehead from the tension.

The beads grew to the size of mung beans and slid down his forehead; he didn't bother to wipe them away.

"Looking at the results of the blood tests, we can basically rule out poisoning. Septicemia can also be ruled out. The imaging allows us to determine that the child does not have internal bleeding, and there is no apparent damage to the brain. No, I need to ask the family about the treatnt received at the small clinic?"

Director Lou, with his vast experience, began to suspect that there was an issue with the dications used at the clinic.

Of course, this was still just a suspicion.

"We've already asked, and the family bought Cold Relief Capsules for the child to take. Other than that, following the clinic doctor's advice, they made the child drink plenty of water and didn't perform any other treatnts."

The attending physician was experienced and the intake procedure was very rigorous.

Everything that needed to be clarified had been clarified.

There was no problem with the dication.

"Small clinics love to administer IVs. Are you sure the child wasn't given an IV?"

"The family said no."

Sotis the words of the family are not completely reliable.

"Did you check the child's arms and forearms?"

"Carefully examined, no trace of needle marks from IV infusion found."

This reply ca from a middle-aged doctor with dark skin and a lean build. He looked particularly strict, with deep frown lines between his brows ford from long-term frowning.

His gaze was as sharp as a knife, piercing right to the heart.

"Dr. Xu has personally examined him; there must be no mistake, then there is no need for to look again. This child's condition is critical, we cannot delay any longer. Contact the Internal dicine departnt, ask them to send a doctor for a consultation."

Director Lou made a decisive decision to request a consultation from a doctor in Internal dicine.

Internal dicine is known as the mother of dicine and is highly specialized in the definitions, causes, pathogenesis, epidemiology, natural history, symptoms, signs, laboratory diagnosis, imaging differential diagnosis, pathological diagnosis, treatnt, and prognosis of diseases.

With a case of shock where the cause cannot be identified, perhaps only a doctor from Internal dicine might be able to provide a more professional diagnostic opinion.

"We've already called Cardiology for a consultation, explaining the urgency of the patient's condition, and requested that they hopefully send a lead physician over."

The nurse whispered from the side.

Director Lou was silent for two seconds, "How long since the call was made?"

"Almost fifteen minutes."

The nurse muttered puffing her cheeks.

Internists are known to be aloof and sowhat haughty, not easy to summon.

The status of the Ergency Departnt is not as high as that of Internal dicine, and an occasional request or two could be managed. But if asked frequently, they beco very impatient.

"Urge them again."

Director Lou also knew that doctors from Internal dicine are difficult to summon.

However, human life is paramount, and the hospital has chanisms in place. The Ergency Departnt is initially just an ergency triage platform, and when they encounter a patient they cannot handle, they have the right to request a consultation from any necessary departnt.

No departnts may refuse.

"Never mind, I'll call Director Tan myself!" Director Lou, worried that urging through the nurse might have little effect, decided to personally swallow his pride and call Director Tan of Internal dicine.

Director Tan did not decline and agreed to expedite the dispatch of a doctor from Cardiology imdiately.

Zhou Can had been interning at Tuya Hospital for a year, having rotated through several key departnts.

He could feel a hint of mutual disdain between the departnts.

Internal dicine is one of the two most formidable departnts in the hospital, supporting nearly all critical illness patients, including various cancers, leukemia, etc. Approximately sixty percent of the dications dispensed by the pharmacy co from Internal dicine.

In both dical status and revenue-generating ability, Internal dicine is deservedly the leader.

Cardiology is the ace of the Internal dicine departnt.

Asking for a cardiologist for an ergency is typical for them to show so attitude.

After all, cardiologists are notoriously proud.

Perhaps they also want to subtly remind the Ergency Departnt not to bother them with trivial matters, as everyone is busy.

Ti passed by the minute and by the second.

Zhou Can's gaze was fixed on the child who remained in shock.

The child's face was pale, with pathologically flushed cheeks on either side due to the fever, no sweating, and cyanosis at the fingertips... These symptoms all felt strangely familiar. They must have been ntioned in so book he had read.

But he had read so many books that he couldn't quite rember at the mont.

"Ask the family, maybe there will be so gains."

Zhou Can headed outside.

At this ti, no one paid much attention to him, a re trainee. Director Lou only glanced at him before continuing to study the blood test results.