"Teacher Liu, we've confird the diagnosis; it's echinococcosis. We've arranged for the patient to have a liver ultrasound to see if there are parasites in the liver," Miao Rui rushed over.
DING! Rapid weight loss patient task complete.
You have received 50 experience points.
Liu Banxia felt quite upset, feeling like the system had gotten the better of him.
Ever since his diagnostic skills climbed to level 5, he thought he had finally turned the corner, with his proficiency in diagnostic skills being converted into Glory Points rewards.
But what was the reality? The system "overlooked" tens of points like these in diagnostic skill proficiency, which might be so unique kind of rounding.
He was sowhat prepared for the lesser reward this ti. After all, Wang Huan had confird this case, so his reward for tagging along wouldn't be much.
The rewards for these two tasks hadn't included Glory Points. It could only an that his understanding of the system wasn't deep enough.
Because this probably still fell within the basic range, it wouldn't give him any extra benefits.
"Teacher Liu, shall we give tronidazole?" Seeing Liu Banxia didn't respond, Miao Rui probed.
Liu Banxia nodded, "Yes, let's try one course of treatnt first. If the patient reacts severely, we will need to proceed with surgery in advance."
"By the way, also inform Dr. Chen. It's his job to handle this, and he needs to schedule the surgery well. Even if there are no liver hydatids, dealing with just the ones in the lungs will keep him busy."
Miao Rui nodded, "By the way, the patient's father has already arrived at the hospital. Would you see him?"
"Let's see him. We also need to run a checkup on him," Liu Banxia said.
Following Miao Rui to the ultrasound room, the patient was still waiting in line here.
"Now it's confird. The reason it wasn't diagnosed earlier was because the larvae were in the early stages of developnt," Liu Banxia said, looking at the patient.
"Dr. Liu, thank you. Dr. Miao ntioned that dication alone might not kill all the parasites?" the patient asked.
Liu Banxia nodded, "This is your father, right?"
"Hello," the patient's father quickly greeted.
"You'll also need a check-up later. Since you've lived in herding areas year-round, you must have heard about echinococcosis prevention and control, right?" Liu Banxia continued.
The patient's father nodded, "I just never thought we'd be so unlucky. I've never had any health problems before."
"It's mostly because these parasites can live in the body for a very long ti. Many infections occur during infancy, but the disease often doesn't manifest until adolescence or middle age," Liu Banxia explained.
"My personal suggestion is that not only you, but also your family and the cattle and sheep you raise, need to be screened."
"If possible, it would be best to notify your neighbors as well. This parasite has many interdiate hosts. If there's a contaminated water source, the screening range will need to be expanded."
"Don't worry, I'll contact my family. Should I get the check-up now?" the patient's father asked.
"Let's just do a serum test for now; no need for imaging equipnt yet," Liu Banxia said.
"Thank you. I've seen people get this disease when I was young," the patient's father said earnestly.
Liu Banxia was right; there was indeed awareness about echinococcosis in the pastoral areas. The father just hadn't expected his son to contract such an uncommon disease.
It was impossible to determine how he got infected, especially after what Dr. Liu had said about the parasite's long incubation period. If it was because of the livestock they raised at ho, his whole family might be at risk.
Liu Banxia waved his hand with a smile, "Please, no more thanks. A doctor from another one of our departnts made the diagnosis. However, you have to be prepared; your son will probably need surgery."
"Given the complexity of echinococcosis, I recomnd Dr. Chen Xuehai from our hospital's Cardiac Surgery Departnt. He'll also arrange for soone to explain the surgical details to you later. But for now, let's try dication and see if we can expel the parasites with drugs."
The patient's father nodded. His son hadn't gone through this, but he himself had witnessed it before.
Returning to the ergency hall, he reflected that even though the characteristics of echinococcosis were clear, diagnosing it still had its perplexities.
He felt a little scared reflecting on today's events.
If Wang Huan hadn't helped today, and he had to judge the condition himself, he would have perford a direct biopsy.
Then the cyst would have ruptured, and the fluid leakage would have caused the patient to go into anaphylactic shock. It could have happened on the operating table or after returning to the ward.
That would have been followed by resuscitation asures, and only after resuscitation could echinococcosis have been confird.
Although Wang Huan was only a small step ahead, for this patient, it was a giant leap.
dically speaking, even if he had proceeded that way, it wouldn't have violated any regulations. Yet, it would have caused the patient more suffering, cost them more money, and made them endure far more.
It seed that while his diagnostic skills had reached Level 5, his knowledge of parasitic diseases wasn't particularly extensive. Maybe it was still below a foundational level?
"President Liu, why are you so cruel to ?"
Liu Banxia was still reflecting when Wang Chao, with a face full of resentnt, approached.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking so pitiful?" Liu Banxia asked with a laugh.
"I get it now! You guys weren't discussing my patient's case at all; you were having a consultation for your patient! Why did you trick into buying a al?" Wang Chao complained, his voice full of resentnt.
"Oh well, it's all pretty much the sa. Tell about you and Comrade Ma. I really think you two are a good match; at least you're well-suited in terms of background, right?" Liu Banxia said.
"President Liu, do you really think so?" Wang Chao suddenly beca eager.
"Yes. She doesn't have a boyfriend, does she?" Liu Banxia asked back.
"Her? Where is she supposed to find one?" Wang Chao responded disdainfully.
"Isn't that great, then? You two know each other well. If you genuinely have feelings for her, you need to act on them," Liu Banxia said.
"I'm being serious here. Sotis, if you miss an opportunity, it's gone for a lifeti. Also, another thing: you haven't scheduled any surgeries lately. You need to start lining them up, or the interns might surpass you."
"Don't worry. Today, I'm more focused on the effects of the fecal transplant. We'll see if there's any significant improvent after 48 hours, and then check again at the 72-hour mark," Wang Chao said.
"Otherwise, even if I were performing surgery, I might not be able to keep my mind steady. Can't you see I'm already a bit restless? I'm really hoping he gets better."
Liu Banxia nodded, "We all feel the sa way. After all, so much hard work has been poured into this patient. Even the director would understand."
"Make sure to record all related data thoroughly. It's not just for your records; the hospital needs it too. In the future, soone might inherit your work and take over this area."
"For now, you're the one who has to manage it. In other hospitals, internal dicine doctors handle this part-ti, but here we've assigned it to surgery. It's not a bad arrangent, actually. Keep it up."
Wang Chao nodded, "The data is fine. I'll go upstairs and check on him again."
After saying that, Wang Chao imdiately headed for the second floor.
Liu Banxia chuckled. Wang Chao was so easy to distract when he was worried about his patient.
Just as he was about to deal with his own tasks, his phone rang.
He glanced at the screen and quickly answered, "Hello, Director Xia, this is Liu Banxia."
"Dr. Liu, will you be free at seven o'clock the day after tomorrow evening?" Director Xia asked.
"No problem. I can clear my schedule for seven o'clock the day after tomorrow evening," Liu Banxia said.
"That's good. Then we'll set it for seven o'clock the day after tomorrow evening. I'll also send an official letter to your Ergency Center, so you won't have trouble getting the ti off," Director Xia said.
"Thank you so much. I'll get there a bit early and prepare thoroughly. Director Xia, thank you again," Liu Banxia said.
"Keep up the good work. We hope that you can cultivate more outstanding doctors and contribute to our entire healthcare system. We'll leave it at that for now. If there are any changes, let know in advance and we'll adjust the timing."
With that, Director Xia hung up.
Holding the phone, Liu Banxia felt a bit troubled again. He really hadn't thought about what exactly he should talk about. He figured introducing so of the Ergency Center's achievents would be enough, but that seed too superficial.
This was a real headache. It was tied to his "achievents." If he couldn't handle this teaching and recruitnt event well, he felt he wouldn't have many other outstanding accomplishnts to show for himself.
As for the interview, he wasn't too worried anymore. After all, just being on the show counted as an achievent. This was an "achievent" the Chief Director had practically forced on him; it didn't have much to do with his own efforts.
Oh well, he'd just play it by ear when the ti ca. He'd say whatever ca to mind. As long as he didn't make any wild promises to the students, it should be fine.
He found the prospect overwhelming and decided to stop thinking about it. He really wasn't good at this sort of thing. He'd gladly trade it for three liver surgeries with severe adhesions; he'd rather be exhausted from those.
"Dr. Liu, Dr. Liu, there's an appendicitis patient! Can I do the surgery tomorrow?" Qing Kewa rushed over excitedly.
"No problem. Go book an operating room yourself," Liu Banxia nodded.
"OK."
Qing Kewa dashed off happily.
Truth be told, for the current Ergency Center, an appendectomy was a really straightforward operation.
It wasn't like the old Ergency Departnt, where even if they had patients with acute abdominal pain, unless they were practically rolling on the floor in agony, they'd almost always be sent to other hospitals or the inpatient departnt.
Now, they had built up a decent reputation. Quite a few patients even ca from other districts. Otherwise, he wouldn't have so many opportunities to let the interns perform surgeries; he might not even have enough cases for himself.
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