When the Doctor Uses A Hack-Chapter 962 - 964 What is the True Culprit (Extra

Chapter 962 -964: What is the True Culprit? (Extra release, vote for more)

Chapter 962 -964: What is the True Culprit? (Extra release, vote for more)

Chen Cang stared at the abdominal flat film, somewhat stunned.

His electrocardiogram was perfectly normal, and the imaging examination of his abdomen was also perfect.

However, he still had no way to guess why the patient would show an abnormal ECG, with a “myocardial infarction-like” ECG pattern.

Not only was Chen Cang puzzled, but even Old Ma was staring blankly at the abdominal flat film.

Encountering such a strange case was extremely rare for everyone.

At this moment, Group Two leader Hou Rong and Group Three leader Mirror also hurried over, looking at the patient’s results with furrowed brows.

“Should we start with anticoagulation and thrombolysis?” Hou Rong suggested after a while.

Chen Cang immediately shook his head, “We can’t!”

Hou Rong frowned at once, “Why?”

Chen Cang picked up the flat film and pointed at it, “The patient has ingested an unidentified foreign object and has long-term gastrointestinal adhesions; I suspect there is bleeding in the digestive tract. Plus, we definitely need to perform surgery to remove the foreign object. Now, if we start with thrombolysis and anticoagulation…”

With that one sentence, Hou Rong fell silent.

What Chen Cang said made a lot of sense, and at that time, a group of interns and students gathered around.

As a challenging medical case, everyone was keen to know what had happened.

While Chen Cang was holding the film, a few of the young students behind started whispering among themselves:

“What does that thing in the stomach on the flat film look like to you?”

“What does it look like? A carrot?”

…

The conversation between the two suddenly dawned on Chen Cang.

Right, could the ECG be related to the swallowed object?

With this thought, many possibilities came to mind for Chen Cang, such as…

Thus, Chen Cang turned around and quickly said to Ma Yuehui, “Group Leader Ma, contact the endoscopy room to see what that thing in the stomach is.”

Ma Yuehui nodded; the results for troponin and others hadn’t come back yet.

It was definite that the foreign object the patient had swallowed needed to be identified, to see if it could be removed through endoscopy.

Soon, Ma Yuehui contacted the endoscopy room, and nurses wheeled the patient in that direction.

Meanwhile, Chen Cang went to find the elderly patient to sign consent forms.

Endoscopy is actually a risk-laden examination and can even be considered a surgical procedure.

Therefore, consent was necessary.

But before Chen Cang could finish explaining, the old man took the pen with a smile and began to sign.

The old man wrote very neatly, without hesitation.

“Thank you, doctor!”

The old man smiled.

Chen Cang couldn’t help asking, “Don’t you want to know the details?”

The old man shook his head, “Would you guys bully a poor old man?”

That one sentence suddenly silenced Chen Cang.

Was this trust?

Chen Cang smiled, “Don’t worry, we’re here!”

The old man nodded cheerfully with a smile.

…

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Several department chiefs were also curious about what was going on and decided to follow along.

On the way, Hou Rong curiously asked, “Dr. Chen, what do you think is the situation with the patient?” freewebnσvel.cѳm

Chen Cang thought for a moment and said, “I think it might have a lot to do with what he’s ingested.”

Team Leader Chang suddenly paused, “Something he swallowed? How could that be related? What can you eat that would change an ECG!”

Even the two graduate students grew more curious.

After all, it was the first time they’d heard of someone eating something that caused a heart attack!

Chen Cang suddenly turned to a female student and asked, “What is an ECG?”

This girl was Hou Rong’s master’s student. Upon hearing Chen Cang’s question, she hesitated for a moment before quickly responding, “An ECG is a technique where a machine records the changes in electrical activity produced by the heart during each cardiac cycle from the surface of the body.”

Chen Cang nodded, “Hmm, well-learned. The cardiac electrical excitation starts at the sinoatrial node. Then, the electrical signal quickly spreads, with excitation from the sinoatrial node first conducted to the right atrium…”

“This is a complete cardiac cycle!”

Several people looked at Chen Cang, baffled, not understanding why he was talking about the ECG.

“What does this have to do with eating something?” the girl asked directly.

Chen Cang suddenly smiled, “Since it’s an electrical signal, could there be interference from external electrical signals?”

With that, everyone was stumped!

Right!

Could there be electrical interference?

Hou Rong’s eyes suddenly lit up, “Are you saying…”

At that moment, Chen Cang took out the patient’s abdominal X-ray and handed it to Hou Rong, “Director Hou, take another look. What does the thing he swallowed look like?”

Hou Rong pointed at the film and suddenly burst into laughter, “Are you saying… That’s brilliant! Dr. Chen, you’re really skilled! Who would have thought of that!”

Team Leader Chang, seeing Hou Rong laugh, took the film to look and couldn’t help but chuckle in disbelief.

Ma Yuehui was walking ahead, heard their laughter from behind, and couldn’t help but turn around, “What are you laughing about?”

Hou Rong couldn’t help but say, “Old Ma, do you know why the patient’s ECG was abnormal?”

Hou Rong mysteriously shook his head, “I’ll keep you guessing until you get to the endoscopy room.”

At this point, both Hou Rong and Team Leader Chang looked at Chen Cang and couldn’t help but give a thumbs up!

“That’s really clever!”

And the two graduate students were even more confused.

Old Ma could no longer joke around with them, and with an annoyed glance at Hou Rong said, “The patient is in this state, and you’re still laughing. It’s a good thing the family isn’t here.”

Hou Rong’s face turned red for a moment, he coughed, and said no more.

Indeed, the influence wasn’t good, but he couldn’t help it.

Upon arriving at the endoscopy room, an examination was quickly arranged.

As the endoscope delved into the esophagus…and reached the stomach, everyone was stunned by what they saw!

“Is that…batteries?!” The endoscopist, with a surprised expression, noticed that over a dozen AA and AAA batteries had been swallowed.

These batteries were piled up in the stomach, their casings not even corroded, clearly indicating they had been ingested over time.

Ma Yuehui suddenly slapped his forehead!

He instantly understood.

The electrical current from the batteries was interfering with the ECG, creating this “acute myocardial infarction-like” pattern on the ECG.

For a moment, Old Ma was caught between laughter and tears!

The endoscopist asked, “What happened with the patient…?”

Ma Yuehui recounted the situation with a wry smile.

The endoscopist was also stunned, having never heard of such a case in his many years of practice.

Hou Rong couldn’t resist saying, “Just before we came here, Dr. Chen had already guessed it!”

The endoscopist glanced sideways at Chen Cang and exclaimed, “So you are Dr. Chen, I’ve heard a lot about you. It seems that Dr. Chen is not only good at surgery, but he can also diagnose such rare diseases. That’s really impressive.”

Chen Cang shook his head and humbly smiled, “Any speculation must be confirmed by examination.”

Since they were batteries, there was a chance they could be removed by endoscopy.

However, it was apparent that the man’s tastes were quite unusual, as there were not only batteries but also some other strange objects…