Chapter 464: Chapter 341: Acute Diarrhea and Hypokalemia

"Who is it? Did someone fall?"

Just then, a voice from two stalls over inquired.

The man, upon hearing this, as if hearing a heavenly voice, forcibly endured the severe dizziness,

"Xiaojiang~ Xiaojiang~ help me~ call 120~"

"What?"

The person in the stall, hearing this weak call,

"Brother Gao, is that you Brother Gao? Hold on, I’m coming out now."

After saying this, there was a rustling sound of someone putting on pants.

Rustle~

Click~

"Brother Gao! What happened to you?"

As soon as the stall door opened, seeing the man lying on the ground unable to get up, the young man showed a trace of panic.

"I~~~"

"Hold on, I’ll call 120."

The young man took out his phone, ready to dial the number.

Slap!

"No need~"

The next second, Gao Xiang, almost fainting, somehow summoned the strength to suddenly grasp his hand, breathing short and rapid,

"Xiaojiang, it’s too~ too expensive, let’s just take a cab~"

"Oh, okay, okay!"

After saying this, the young man immediately helped him up and walked him out of the basement.

In a somewhat remote suburb, they finally managed to hail a taxi.

...

Tonight, in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital’s emergency department,

it was much quieter than usual~

With only two attending doctors making rounds with the resident doctors, Qin Feng also seemed quite relaxed.

But everyone was just chatting or discussing some patient’s condition, and tacitly, no one mentioned how idle it was tonight.

Because that was taboo!

"Xiaoliu, take two people and go get the stuff at the entrance."

Qin Feng took a call, then said.

"Okay, Director Qin."

The young resident doctor, Liu Yong, got up upon hearing this, and happily ran downstairs with two other people.

In no time, they came back with boxes full of food, each of them grinning with delight.

"Wow~ seafood?!"

Seeing the words on the insulated boxes, Han Xiaoxiao’s eyes brightened as she exclaimed,

"Everyone, come here quickly, this place is expensive. The last time I ate here was on my third wedding anniversary with my husband."

"Our Director Qin sure is generous!"

"I need to take a photo for the group and make them envious, hahaha!"

"The other departments will be green with envy if they see this."

"Lucky us to have Director Qin, hehe!"

"Thank you, Director Qin!"

...

"Hehehe, alright, dig in."

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Qin Feng couldn’t help but laugh.

The profession of a doctor is genuinely tough, and the emergency department is a place no one wants to be in; besides being exhausting, the pay isn’t great if you don’t perform surgeries.

So being a doctor isn’t as highly paid as people think, especially for those below attending level, the pay is quite meager.

After all, salaries aren’t the same for everyone!

"Wow~ such a big lobster, Changchang, let’s have one."

"This abalone tastes so nice, it looks expensive too."

"Everyone, pour yourself a bowl of this seafood porridge, quickly."

"Smells so good~"

"I’ll take this to the nurses’ station, don’t eat it all up!"

...

Just then,

two figures walked into the emergency department.

"Doctor, doctor! Is anyone there?!"

The boy who was holding the pale-faced Gao Xiang stumbled into the emergency hall, calling out loudly.

"What’s the matter?"

Nurse Han Yu heard the call and came over, her expression immediately becoming serious upon seeing Gao Xiang’s condition.

"I don’t know what happened, he just ended up like this. Nurse, please take a look at him quickly."

The boy said anxiously.

"Xiaoyue, bring a bed and call the doctor."

"Okay!"

As she spoke, the young nurse immediately ran to the duty station.

Click~

Soon, the office door was pushed open.

"Dr. Han, there’s a patient in the emergency with a bad condition."

In the office, Han Xiaoxiao was holding half a large lobster, and upon hearing this, she swiftly put down the lobster, reaching for the stethoscope on the desk.

Realizing her hands were greasy, she was about to head to the sink.

"Xiaoxiao, don’t bother, you all keep eating. Brother Yang, you take my place, I’ll go check."

Qin Feng waved his hand with a smile, then directed.

"Thanks, Director Qin."

Hearing this, Han Xiaoxiao looked a bit embarrassed.

"Alright, enjoy your meal."

Qin Feng hung the stethoscope around his neck, looked at the nurse who had come,

"Xiaoyue, let’s go."

With that, the two of them quickly ran towards the emergency treatment room.

...

"Nurse, nurse, could I be having a stroke~?"

On the rescue bed, Gao Xiang clutched Nurse Han Yu’s hand tightly, his voice weak and trembling, very frightened.

"Don’t worry, relax, we’re going to do some tests first."

Saying this, the monitoring equipment was already set up,

"Do you know what’s wrong with your body?"

At this moment, Qin Feng entered.

"Director Qin."

"Hmm, what’s the situation?"

"We just did a quick examination, heart rate and blood pressure are low, blood oxygen at 85. Here’s the ECG."

"Alright."

After a quick glance, Qin Feng stepped forward to perform a physical exam.

"Now, tell me what’s wrong with your body?"

"I’ve had a bit of diarrhea today, went to the bathroom five or six times, no strength at all.

Then... accidentally fell a couple of times~"

Gao Xiang weakly explained the anomalies happening in his body, while Qin Feng listened, beginning to ponder.

"Run a blood gas test on him, and get it analyzed."

"Got it."

Han Yu nodded, then had the nurse start drawing blood samples to send for analysis.

Based on the physical exam and indicators, diarrhea is one problem, and his mentioning of falling cannot be easily dismissed.

Because there are many reasons for falling; Gao Xiang is still young, uncontrollable falls could be due to muscles, motor nerves, blood vessels, etc., all of which need to be ruled out.

The patient was currently in a dizzy state, showing mild nausea, but his awareness and vision were normal.

However, his reactions were somewhat sluggish, bowel sounds were weak, along with abdominal distension and muscle weakness, thus abdominal and brain imaging were also ordered.

"Doctor, will he be alright?"

The boy nearby asked nervously.

"You wait outside first."

Qin Feng shook his head and then asked him to leave the treatment room.

"Director Qin, the report is out."

The laboratory accelerated the test results, and Han Yu quickly delivered them.

"Alright."

After reviewing all the test reports, Qin Feng had already confirmed his suspicions.

The ECG showed depression in the ST segment, T waves were low, and bowel sounds were diminished.

The blood test showed potassium ion concentration at 2.1, significantly below normal, a very typical case.

Actually, there’s nothing major; the patient likely had acute diarrhea, leading to an imbalance and causing hypokalemia.

"Alright, it’s nothing serious."

Qin Feng set down the report and looked at Nurse Han Yu,

"Hypokalemia, give a potassium chloride IV, and do potassium ion tests every 45 minutes."

"Understood."

Upon hearing this, Han Yu went to prepare the infusion for the patient.

"Doctor, am I going to be okay?"

On the hospital bed, Gao Xiang watched the two talking and hurriedly asked.

"Hehehe~ Don’t worry, there’s nothing major, just potassium deficiency due to acute diarrhea, you just need a few days of fluids."

Qin Feng smiled,

"Afterward, pay attention to your diet, don’t eat cold things or drink cold water, what kind of weather is this?

If this happens again, you’ll likely end up hospitalized."

"Hospitalized? No, no, no, I won’t be hospitalized; it’s too expensive."

Hearing this, Gao Xiang’s expression tightened, and he shook his head repeatedly.

"Alright, you’ll be taken to the observation ward for fluids soon, rest for the night and get another infusion tomorrow, then you’ll be fine."

Saying this, Qin Feng also left.

In the observation ward, while getting the IV drip, Gao Xiang opened the group chat on his phone.

’Brothers, everyone take care of your health; I’m hospitalized.’

’Brother Xiang is hospitalized? What happened?’

’Yeah, Brother Xiang, which hospital are you in? We’ll come visit you.’

....