Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital Chapter 172: Passion Beyond the Grave

Half an hour later.

Zhao Heng stood by the bedside, holding the urgent blood test results, looking very serious.

Because Zhao Heng saw that on the blood test report, the patient’s blood potassium was only 2.5 mmol/L.

It should be noted that as long as blood potassium is below 3.5 mmol/L, it is considered hypokalemia, and now this patient’s level has dropped to 2.5 mmol/L, which is a very dangerous value.

Blood potassium is an essential ion for maintaining the excitability of the cardiovascular system and neuromuscular system. Only when blood potassium is within the normal range can the body function properly. Both low and high blood potassium levels are problematic; maintaining blood potassium is crucial.

Once blood potassium levels fall to a certain point, it imdiately affects the nervous system and cardiovascular system, causing episodic paralysis and various ergency arrhythmias. In extre cases, it can even lead to cardiac arrest.

The biggest problem right now is that Zhao Heng doesn’t know what other dications the patient had taken before consuming sildenafil. Otherwise, just an overdose of sildenafil wouldn’t cause such severe hypokalemia.

"Doctor, he won’t be in danger, right?"

Seeing Zhao Heng’s serious expression, the young woman asked anxiously, trembling with fear.

"Have you contacted the family yet?"

Zhao Heng asked.

"Not... not yet..."

The young woman said evasively.

She dared not contact the man’s family; if they ca, they’d probably tear her apart!

"Prepare potassium supplentation."

Zhao Heng glanced at the young woman and spoke to Tian Zhen.

"Okay."

Tian Zhen nodded and imdiately went to prepare the dication.

Quickly, Tian Zhen prepared the potassium supplent solution.

Once the potassium solution was administered to the patient, the missing potassium ions within his body were quickly replenished.

"Doc...Doctor, I...my stomach...hurts..."

At that mont, the middle-aged man, sweating profusely and pale-faced, clutched his stomach and spoke to Zhao Heng with difficulty.

Beep beep beep!

Just then, the life monitor started to alarm crazily.

"Dr. Zhao, the patient’s blood pressure is 80/40!"

Tian Zhen reported urgently from the side.

"Push one unit of epinephrine, start dopamine infusion!"

Zhao Heng imdiately issued the command.

"Okay."

Tian Zhen nodded and efficiently prepared the solution.

Five minutes later.

With the administration of epinephrine and dopamine, the alarm sounds were disabled.

"Dr. Zhao, the patient’s blood pressure is 120/70 mmHg!"

Tian Zhen continued to report the patient’s real-ti blood pressure values.

Phew~

Hearing this, Zhao Heng let out a sigh of relief.

Severe abdominal pain and rapid blood pressure drop are ergency shock symptoms caused by massive blood loss. Combined with the patient’s sildenafil overdose, a suspicion ford in Zhao Heng’s mind, although it still required confirmation.

"Contact the cardiac surgery departnt; tell them there might be an abdominal aortic dissection here."

Zhao Heng said sternly to Tian Zhen.

"What? An abdominal aortic dissection?!"

Upon hearing this, Tian Zhen’s eyes widened.

Abdominal aortic dissection is when a tear occurs in the abdominal aorta, allowing blood to rush in and cause a rupture in the abdominal aorta. It is a catastrophic urgent condition of cardiovascular disease, and without tily diagnosis and treatnt, the mortality rate within 48 hours is as high as 50% or even higher.

It can be said that abdominal aortic dissection is definitely a harbinger of death!

"Yes, it’s highly likely."

Zhao Heng nodded seriously.

Now he could basically confirm it, but it was still necessary to understand the patient’s dical history and dication records.

"Alright, I’ll go do it now."

Tian Zhen nodded and went to contact the cardiac surgeons.

This aortic dissection typically falls under cardiothoracic ergencies, so it’s necessary to contact the cardiac surgery departnt.

At that mont, a middle-aged woman, adorned with jewelry and slightly plump, suddenly rushed in from outside the ward. Upon entering, seeing her husband lying pale-faced and painfully clutching his stomach, a hint of distress flashed across her face.

But when she turned her head and saw the nervous-looking young woman standing by, the tenderness in her expression disappeared and imdiately turned cold as ice.

"Bitch!"

The corpulent middle-aged woman spat venomously and swung her hand to give the young woman a heavy slap!

Witnessing the middle-aged woman’s furious display, Zhao Heng was montarily stunned. This was the first ti he’d seen such a scene.

After the slap, the middle-aged woman seed to calm down and turned to Zhao Heng, asking, "Doctor, how is he? Can he be saved?"

"Currently considering an abdominal aortic dissection; his condition is very dangerous. Aside from taking Viagra, does he have any previous dical history or has he taken any other dications?"

Zhao Heng, despite being shocked by the woman’s fury followed by calm, responded professionally.

"Viagra?"

Hearing these words, the middle-aged woman’s face darkened.

"Did you give it to him?"

The middle-aged woman turned, looking very unfavorably at the young woman.

Their husband, suffering from high blood pressure and reliant on dication, had been warned by doctors that Viagra must not be taken.

"No... no... it’s not ... it was... him wanting to take it..."

The young woman was close to tears, holding her reddened cheek, stamring.

"There’s no escaping this. If he dies, you can expect to go to jail!"

The corpulent middle-aged woman’s gaze was icy cold as she addressed the young woman, saying each word deliberately.

Wow!

Upon hearing this, the young woman’s psychological defenses shattered, imdiately collapsing on the ground, covering her face, and sobbing.

"Does the patient have a history of hypertension? What daily dications are taken?"

Zhao Heng looked at the collapsed young woman briefly and sighed softly, but did not address her, as saving the patient was more important.

"Doctor, he has a history of hypertension. These are his regular dications."

The middle-aged woman retrieved a box of dicine from her purse, handing it to Zhao Heng.

Despite coming in a hurry, she still rembered to bring her husband’s regular dication. This showed her ticulous thought process. After hitting soone, she could calmly speak with Zhao Heng, indicating a highly robust psychological quality.

"Indapamide?"

Seeing the dication box, Zhao Heng realized the reason why the patient developed hypokalemia.

Indapamide, a thiazide diuretic, is a blood pressure-lowering dication. With this drug, the patient’s urination frequency increases, and urine volu expands, leading to more potassium ions being excreted than usual, thus reducing internal potassium levels.

However, typically, indapamide alone doesn’t cause such severe hypokalemia.

Sildenafil, primarily a vasodilation drug, has so blood pressure-lowering effects. Overdose coupled with the patient’s regular use of indapamide potassium-lowering dication likely led to hypokalemic shock and hypokalemia!