Personal matters

Halfway through the operation, the monitor reported that the fetal heartbeat had dropped to 60 beats per minute, and the fetus was in danger of intrauterine distress. According to the opinion of the obstetrics and gynecology department, an emergency laparotomy must be performed.It was the first time for the anesthesiologist to encounter such a thing, and he was so nervous that the hand pushing the syringe was trembling slightly.

Liu Qitong's operation was still meticulous and neat, as if he hadn't been disturbed at all, but the surgical gown was wet with sweat.

Time passed against the clock, and with the cooperation of all departments, the fetus was finally taken out of the mother's womb safely. With a loud cry, everyone's hearts hanging in the air were finally half relieved.

The newborn was sent to the greenhouse, and the obstetrician began to stitch up the abdomen.At this time, a nurse suddenly came in from the outside to report, saying that for some reason, more than a dozen TV reporters gathered outside the operating room, with cameras in their hands, interviewing the patient's family members, and wanted to ask if they could enter the operating room to broadcast live.

Everyone couldn't help looking at each other.

I haven't heard of this patient's special background before.Now it's not a car accident or an emergency, why did it alert the TV station?Although the operation is more difficult, it is not necessary for Rodong Sinmun reporters to come to interview.

Liu Qitong lowered his head and explained to the nurse: The interviews are up to them.But they can only stay outside the operating room and are not allowed to interfere with normal surgical procedures.

The nurse responded and hurriedly ran out to explain the situation.Everyone here is baffled, the ECG monitor suddenly issued a harsh alarm, the patient's blood pressure plummeted, and the ECG turned into irregular ventricular fibrillation waves!

Lin Zhen immediately put down the things in his hands and organized rescue.Wang Quan pushed the defibrillator by the wall, cut off the patient's surgical gown, and applied electrogel on the chest.

"75J."

Lin Zhen gave an order, and there was a "snap" electric shock, and the electrocardiogram trembled for a while, but there was no change.

"Up to 150."

Wang Quan rubbed the electrode plate in his hand, and pressed it against the patient's chest again, with another "snap".

Liu Qitong stared at the monitor with a solemn expression.

"The last time, 300J." Lin Zhen said in a deep voice.

After the electric shock, everyone in the room was tense and dared not breathe.Finally, Lin Zhen looked at Liu Qitong and shook his head slightly.

Liu Qitong kicked hard at the corner, feeling very annoyed.

"and many more!"

Lin Zhen stared at the waveform of the electrocardiogram, a small wave suddenly jumped up on the originally straight line graph, and then one after another.

"Director Liu, the patient's sinus rhythm has recovered! The blood pressure has also gone up, 96/60." Wang Quan said excitedly.

Liu Qitong breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did cold sweat slowly seep down his forehead.He turned his head sideways, rubbed against the towel handed over by the nurse, and put on the microscope again.

"The operation continues." He ordered with a sullen face.

Everyone was a little excited.How difficult it is to pull a patient back from the death line, no one wants a new mother to die on the operating table.

Liu Qitong quickly put himself back into the operation, working silently and quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, Chief Physician Feng ran in from the outside and talked to Lin Zhen by biting Lin Zhen's ear.Lin Zhen listened carefully, frowning slowly.

"What's going on?" Liu Qitong still kept his head down, his hands resting.

"There was something wrong with the newborn just now, I'll go to the NICU to have a look." Lin Zhen said.

Liu Qitong nodded towards him.

Lin Zhen and Wang Quan exchanged positions, gave up the work of the first assistant, and hurriedly followed the nurse.

When he arrived at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the bed doctor led Lin Zhen to the incubator and said, "The child has been crying violently. Ten minutes ago, he developed symptoms of direct vision and limb stiffness. We suspect that he has an intracranial lesion. "

Lin Zhen sounded the alarm in his mind, and immediately walked over to examine the baby.

At the same time, the urgent bedside CT report also came back.Because the child kept moving during the filming, the CT image quality was not good, but a high-intensity signal in the right temporal lobe could still be seen on T2.

Lin Zhen choked.

——A 36-week-old newborn with cerebral hemorrhage, could it be a ruptured aneurysm?

He turned his head to the pediatrician and said, "Arrange the patient to undergo angiography and surgery immediately... Also, inform Director Hou of the anesthesiology department that the child is too young, and I need the assistance of an anesthesiologist."

When practicing medicine in the United States, the youngest patient I dealt with was only six months old.At that time, Lin Zhen was studying for a doctorate under Professor Sinclair, but of course it was not his turn to be the chief surgeon.But even so, he was impressed by the whole operation.

The neural structure of a newborn baby is extremely difficult to identify. Often, an important major artery looks as thin as a hair. If one is not careful, it will affect the child's future neurological function, and even be paralyzed for life.

While Lin Zhen was making preoperative preparations, his heart tightened—he was not sure, not even [-]% sure.However, at this time, Lin Changmin and Guo Huaixiu could no longer be counted on.The only Liu Qitong who can be trusted is currently undergoing surgery again, and the situation there may not be much easier than here...

Lin Zhen took a deep breath.

"Calm down, Lin Zhen... you can do it." He said to himself over and over again.

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Liu Qitong didn't see Lin Zhen coming back for a long time, so he ordered someone to call the NICU to inquire about the situation.The nurse who came back to report said that the newborn had a cerebral hemorrhage just now, and Director Lin had already been on stage as the chief surgeon, in the operating room next door.

Liu Qitong's subordinates couldn't help but pause.

"Who is following Director Lin?"

"Feng is in charge of medicine, Wang is in charge of medicine, and there is Director Hou of the anesthesiology department."

Liu Qitong turned his head slightly, as if he could see through the wall and see the person in the operating room next door.

Even Liu Qitong has never done neurosurgery on newborns, and now he is alone...

Wang Quan called him worriedly, "Director Liu?"

"It's nothing, let's continue." Liu Qitong said in a low voice.