Comments on: House – Episode 2: “Paternity”

By: Ложка дёгтя » House M.D. — S01E02 — Paternity

Ложка дёгтя » House M.D. — S01E02 — Paternity — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:46:39 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:20:53 +0000

just started watching house and its pretty impressive show….
As final year medical student want to point out some medical inconsistency [actually i am fan of house....most brilliant doctor i have ever seen even if he is fictional and has somewhat similarities to holmes] yet writers not so brilliant..!

Transpupillary retinal biopsy is not possible , such procedure would result in corneal scarring and cataract formation, with likely resulting in ectopia lentis [lens dislocation], vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment. Retinal biopsy can be done by experienced ophthalmologist using vitrectomy techniques.

who is writing script of show anyways? are they having some medical background? because rest of medical data seems pretty convincing i suppose…

By: Housedan

Housedan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:07:04 +0000

The ending with the lacrosse game is very simple. Number 18 is in fact House himself, as he remembers of his old days where he used to play lacrosse. Its just a way to show the small human signs in him, the fact that he misses a sport he used to play.
Thats why the field is empty in the end. Its all in his head.

By: An undergrad

An undergrad — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:55:29 +0000

Since when was a PCR paternity test $3200?

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:47:06 +0000

I’ve got to say, it’s pretty obvious why the “young guns” do the procedures, and that is for aesthetic reasons, not for medical ones. Unfortunately, if we followed them waling round the hospital asking everybody else to do their tests for them – they wouldn’t make wonderful main characters now, would they?

Granted, it’s not accurate – but the show hired three young, attractive people so the audience could watch three young attractive people doing complicated medical procedures and enjoy the show more for it. If it was realistic, we’d hardly ever see them (and to be honest, House would be better off hiring older, more experienced people – wouldn’t he?)

By: Chabrell Igan

Chabrell Igan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:22:08 +0000

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By: Mike Blake

Mike Blake — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:36:39 +0000

Brian wondered:
“What was that mnemonic device they used in
the differentials, MIDNITE or something like that?”

No “E” at the end:

Metabolic
Inflammation
Degenerative
Neoplastic
Infection
Trauma

By: james a.m.

james a.m. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:43:28 +0000

Does anyone actually diagnose meningitis with a mild deviation of the corpus callosum? Granted you could push towards an early hydrocephalus but that would depend on the csf findings and the ventriculogram. Intraventricular antibiotics is a cute idea, but is it actually practiced? Chemotherapy I’ve heard about.

The Lumbar puncture scene was suggestive of torture porn, it actually made me cringe. The bone marrow biopsy in the next episode was even worse. It may make for good drama, but my bet is more patients would try to defer their procedures.
Linking myoclonus to parenchymal brain disease was a nice touch.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:46:49 +0000

What was that mnemonic device they used in the differentials, MIDNITE or something like that?

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:54:38 +0000

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