Healing Doctor

Chapter 402 Being Came to the Door

"It's just one child, there's nothing we can do, both sets of grandparents spoil him terribly." Meng Qingfei's smile vanished abruptly, and he said absentmindedly.

"Teacher Meng, how did you determine that the child had Reye's syndrome?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Reye's syndrome is a rare condition that children develop during the recovery process from viral infections, such as the flu, with the use of salicylates being a significant contributing factor."

Extensive mitochondrial damage forms the basis of its pathology. Reye's syndrome can affect all organs of the body, but it is most damaging to the liver and brain.

"Normal doses can induce Reye's syndrome. If the two elderly people are in a panic and give the medication again before the fever subsides, do you think something will happen?"

"It really was caused by a drug overdose," Ji Xiang replied helplessly.

Meng Qingfei's explanation was rather vague, and Ji Xiang, lacking experience in this area, could only guess at a general idea.

Although both sets of grandparents love the child, it is utterly absurd that they would let the child overdose on medication out of worry and anxiety.

Ji Xiang wrote this down so he could compare and reflect on it when he encountered similar situations in the future.

"Reye's syndrome causes significant damage to the brain and liver. If the child experiences urinary and fecal incontinence and treatment is not timely, it could be fatal," Meng Qingfei concluded.

Ji Xiang sighed and looked Meng Qingfei up and down as if he had never seen him before.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"Teacher Meng, aren't you afraid of being complained about when you yell at the patient's family?" Ji Xiang asked.

"I'll probably get a complaint." Meng Qingfei seemed relaxed about the complaints he had been trying to avoid, as if he didn't care.

"real?"

"Once the child recovers, the patient's family will definitely think I'm exaggerating. They haven't experienced it themselves, so they don't know what will happen after their child has Reye's syndrome. Therefore, looking back on it, they will be very angry and then complain to the medical affairs office about me."

"However, compared to the death of a child or becoming a vegetable, being complained about is an acceptable outcome."

Ji Xiang shrugged, spread his hands, and looked up at the sky.

"Teacher Meng..."

"That's how people are. They try to stop things from happening before they even begin. Do you think people will be grateful?" Meng Qingfei said dismissively.

"What will you do if you get a complaint?" Ji Xiang asked with some concern.

"What to do? Just deal with it."

"Teacher Meng, what should we do?" Ji Xiang continued to press Meng Qingfei when he didn't answer.

"I'm an emergency room doctor. Even if Director Bai's brain is full of shit, he won't suspend me." Meng Qingfei curled his lip, his disdainful tone becoming even stronger. "He knows about Reye's syndrome because it's one of the diseases they deal with in neurology and neurosurgery, although it's relatively rare."

"Even if they don't know, I'd be happy to be suspended. Do they really think emergency surgery is so great? If I'm suspended, those bastards will be working three-day shifts a day, and someone will be taking sick leave right away."

"The Second Affiliated Hospital's emergency department is closed? Does Director Bai have more face or Dean Sun? At most, they can transfer someone from the inpatient department, but who would be willing? In the end, it'll just be a muddling through."

"Don't underestimate emergency room doctors; they are rare and valuable."

"..." Ji Xiang was speechless.

Emergency internal medicine and surgery departments are truly hellish places... no, emergency pediatrics is.

However, Ji Xiang knew that Meng Qingfei was talking nonsense.

He's someone who even checks medical records before removing stitches, someone who's extremely cautious, treads on thin ice, and is utterly ruthless. This time, he practically berated the patient's family, all for the sake of saving a child.

This must be the benevolence of a doctor.

Meng Qingfei was simply too lazy to say it, or perhaps too embarrassed to say it.

"Old Meng, the results are in! High ammonia, 88! Low blood sugar, 2.2!" The lab doctor opened the window and loudly announced the test results to Meng Qingfei.

Thanks!

Meng Qingfei didn't waste any time and ran back to the emergency pediatric department.

By this time, the pediatrician had finished the emergency treatment and sent the previous emergency patient to the pediatric intensive care unit, and had just begun the consultation.

"Dr. Hou, blood ammonia is 88, blood sugar is 2.2, consider Reye's syndrome," Meng Qingfei said to the emergency pediatrician as soon as he got back.

"Holy crap! What the hell is going on?!"

"Ten minutes ago, the child became incontinent. You need to hurry."

"Okay!" The emergency pediatrician immediately called for someone to take the child to the resuscitation room.

Meng Qingfei breathed a sigh of relief. When the child was sent to the emergency room and he vaguely heard the names furosemide, dexamethasone, mannitol, and sodium glutamate, his energy dissipated, and he reverted to his former carefree and irresponsible doctor self.

"Dr. Hou, give me a vinegar enema!" Meng Qingfei gave one last instruction before swaying away.

"Teacher Meng, is the purpose of vinegar enemas to lower blood ammonia levels?"

"Go back and read your books." Meng Qingfei was in a great mood, wiping the back of his white coat with both hands as he walked.

The spot he kept wiping was so dark and unsightly that it was hard to look at.

"Teacher Meng, how is the recovery from Reye's syndrome? Can it be cured?" Ji Xiang asked.

"It was discovered early, so there's no problem. Many children, if discovered early, just need IV fluids. This illness often goes undiagnosed; simple IV fluids are enough. But urinary and fecal incontinence is still a bit serious… Xiao Ji, what have you been busy with lately?"

Meng Qingfei asked.

"We have to work. In Teacher Wang's words, we'll be treated like oxen and horses."

"You got first place in the national professional medical exam, and a perfect score at that! You're amazing!" Meng Qingfei smiled and turned to look at Ji Xiang.

"It's a shame that I can only give full marks because of the score limit." Ji Xiang raised an eyebrow.

"Haha, let's not use such old-fashioned pretentious tricks, they're boring," Meng Qingfei laughed. "Perfect score, first place, wow, really impressive."

"Fortunately, it's not surprising that I got a perfect score."

Meng Qingfei didn't exchange pleasantries with Ji Xiang. He sauntered back and saw a person standing dejectedly at the entrance of the emergency surgery department, looking around aimlessly.

These distraught patients or their families are the most troublesome, and it may not necessarily be a serious matter.

"Where is the patient?" Meng Qingfei asked as soon as he returned.

"Teacher Meng, it seems like she's looking for me," Ji Xiang said, rubbing his hands together.

"Looking for you?"

"Coach Feng, what brings you here?" Ji Xiang asked.

When Coach Feng, who was distracted, heard Ji Xiang speak, he turned his head and his expression changed quite dramatically.

"Coach Feng, something happened to Zhao Dali?" Ji Xiang was startled, his heart tightening.

This shouldn't be possible; the HZ technique taught to him by the system NPC has already been used in thousands of surgeries...

Could it be that Zhao Dali overexerted himself?

No, Ji Xiang immediately rejected the idea.

"Dr. Xiao Ji, I went to see Professor Deng, and he said you performed the surgery."

Meng Qingfei's face was extremely pale; this must be a medical malpractice incident.

(End of this chapter)