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3.24 Human Error Initial Symptoms: Woman with fatigue + pain + kidney problems + double vision Diagnosis: Third ostium (extra hole between left and right sides of heart) (House) Contributions by Team House (3): Idea to separate husband's symptoms from wife's after they had been in a boat accident, idea to look at patient’s heart, diagnosis for congenital heart defect Chase (1): Spots blood clot in humerus bone Cameron (0): None Foreman (0): None Notes: Chase was fired approximately one-quarter of the way into the episode. What a relief to know that it isn't just Princeton that has people with weird infections and genetic disorders. I was beginning to wonder just what they put in the water in New Jersey :wink:

This is really interesting. I still call foul on Fetal Position though. LOL Also, shouldn't Cameron and Foreman get errors for refusing to tell House the results of the PET scan in Human Error since that was important information he needed to treat the patient? And would it be an error that Cameron was sulking instead of helping Foreman during a procedure? Also, I think that Chase should get a point in Human Error for fighting for an infection diagnosis which is what led to the break in her arm. They said it either had to be an untreated infection or cancer and it wasn't cancer, so Chase was right about the infection. PS: I've been to Jersey several times. It's wise to not drink the water anyway. :lol:

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Season Three Summary There were 24 episodes in season three, many with more than one patient. One Day, One Room was excluded to leave 23. House was not present for Airborne, and Chase was absent for most of Human Error. Patients treated: 29 Lives saved: 26 There were two patients each in Meaning, Fools For Love, Half-Wit counting the patient whose records House stole, Fetal Position, Act Your Age, and Family including the leukemia patient. In Informed Consent and Que Será Será the patients died because their illnesses were incurable, and in House Training the team killed the patient by misdiagnosing her. House: 25 diagnoses + 58 credits – 5 errors = 78 total Chase: 6 diagnoses + 27 credits – 3 errors = 30 total Cameron: 3 diagnoses + 20 credits – 0 errors = 23 total Foreman: 3 diagnoses + 24 credits – 4 errors = 23 total My conclusions: Over three seasons the Department of Diagnostic Medicine treated 80 patients and saved the lives of 68 of them. That's an 85% success rate. Everyone had more credits in the third season, which I think has more to do with me than with the show. Even taking that into account, all of the Housepets improved this season. Chase grew the most this season, developing his observational skills and making the same intuitive leaps that House does to come up with diagnoses. Both Cameron and Foreman contributed more to the diagnostic process. As in season two, Cameron and Foreman appear to be equal in their performance with Chase proving to be the best diagnostician of the three. (And I’m not a Chaser, so it’s not bias talking!) Wilson contributed to four diagnoses and Cuddy one.

cat, I rechecked the transcripts and Polite Dissent. The patient's arm break was caused by the blood clot, not cancer or an infection. Thanks for reminding me that Foreman broke the bones of TWO patients this season, though! Cuddy kicked Cameron and Foreman out of the room during that scene. I choose to believe they would have given House the PET scan results. Cameron's sulking during the procedure didn't affect the patient really (it wasn't human error that caused her to die!) and again I choose to believe that if Foreman weren't there she would have done it herself. There's no reason to think that she would have let Maria die because she was angry about Chase getting fired.

Okay, I can accept that for Human Error, though I still think she had an infection that was part of the problem. Transcript: Foreman: Just because it was there before doesn't mean it's coming back. Chase was probably right, she had some sort of tropical infection that cleared when we put her on antibiotics during the bypass. But Fetal Position? It was clearly Chase who suggested doing exploratory surgery, so he deserves a point. At the very least he should share credit with House.

House said that the heart defect caused all of her problems, and so did the medical review of the ep. Castro's doctors would have given her antibiotics and caught the infection. My impression of Chase's line in Fetal Position was that he wasn't serious when he said they would perform exploratory surgery on the fetus if it were a real person, just like Foreman wasn't serious when he said they should wipe the patient's memories in Words and Deeds.

Taiga, on Fetal Position, you list 2 points for House in the mother-to-be section but only include the diagnosis. (My guess is you forgot to change the number when you edited it.) I really want to argue for a mistake by Foreman in The Jerk. Nate: Is there anything you can do about the other pain? Foreman: From the fights? Nate: Yeah, I mean, my face, my shoulder, my stomach. I can barely bend my fingers. Foreman: You're already on pain meds. Nothing more I can do. The pain in Nate's fingers was a symptom. By ignoring it, and not reporting it to the team, he delayed the diagnosis. ~~~ 3 Season Total House: 94 diagnoses + 118 credits – 10 errors = 202 total Chase: 11 diagnoses + 51 credits – 5 error = 57 total Cameron: 11 diagnoses + 33 credits – 2 errors = 42 total Foreman: 8 diagnoses + 42 credits – 7 errors = 43 total I think it's very interesting that so many of us say that Chase is best at the assists, rather than diagnoses yet he is tied with Cameron for diagnoses after 3 years. Also, if you look at the 3 single-year counts side-by-side (listed S1 - S2 - S3): As Taiga says, Chase has clearly improved the most. Diagnoses = 2 - 3 - 6 Other Credits = 11 - 14 - 26 Errors = 2 - 1 - 2 Total = 11 - 16 - 31 While Cameron has improved as a team player, making more contributions to the overall diagnosis: Diagnoses = 4 - 4 - 3 Other Credits = 5 - 8 - 20 Errors = 1 - 1 - 0 Total = 8 - 11 - 23 Foreman's progress mirrors Cameron's (as Taiga noted). Is his increase in errors statistically significant? If so, perhaps that is a sign that his arrogance is leading him to believe he has advanced further than he has. (In the real world, it would be a sign that he has brain damage from Euphoria.) Diagnoses = 3 - 2 - 3 Other Credits = 8 - 10 - 24 Errors = 1 - 2 - 4 Total = 10 - 10 - 24 Edited to add the two new errors credited to The Jerk.

Thanks for pointing out the error in 'Fetal Position'. Originally I had the mitral valve stenosis as a separate diagnosis, but I changed it after reviewing the transpripts and medical review again. Hmm, maybe Foreman should get another error for 'The Jerk'. I'll look into it. Since I am done here :smartass: , I'd like to thank Poeia for triple checking my math. :winkiss: But damn you I am NOT running ANOVAs on this! :mad: Okay, in answer to your question it's my impression that Foreman's increased errors in S3 were a result of his getting more focus in this season. I could be wrong. If you look at his errors most of them come from being an arrogant jerk, not from incompetance. Even the example you cite in 'The Jerk' was probably caused by Foreman not liking the kid.

Bravo, Taiga!!!! :clap: :balloon:

I still wholeheartedly disagree with your call on Fetal Position. Chase--at the very least--should share credit. I didn't think he was not being serious. I thought he was searching for a desperate solution as evidenced by the frustration in his delivery. Fetal Surgery isn't unheard of, so it's not like he was using hyperbole and House said, "Hey, what a novel idea! I'll do it." It was a legitimate option for a desperate situation. The numbers are interesting. Foreman doubled his error rate from S1 to S2 and tripled his error rate from S1 to S3. It's signifcant that Chase doubled his diagnosis hit from S2 to S3 and almost doubled his other credits between S2 and S3. Cameron's performance has significantly improved. She has quadrupled her other credits from S1 to S3 and more than doubled them between S2 and S3.

Late to the party, I know, but... I'd suggest that Cameron get a credit for "Paternity", since without her intervention the boy would never have been diagnosed at all. (She scheduled the appointment in the first place and stopped House to harangue him when he tried to leave, resulting in him seeing the boy's foot twitch.) It's a shame Chase doesn't get credit for stopping the kid from jumping off the roof, but I will reluctantly concur that that's only a coolness credit and not a medical/diagnostic one. :-) Re: Cameron's and Foreman's errors in Paternity and Maternity: Why does one count but not the other? Neither contribute to the diagnosis, and both are patient care. Chase's error in "Love Hurts", on the other hand... I didn't see anything in there to suggest that the broken jaw had anything to do with BDSM; although it is dangerous, the asphyxiation turned out to be a red herring. But both Chase and House thought the information might have had medical relevance, so I guess it should count as an error. I'm not sure why you gave Cameron credit for the diagnosis in "Damned If You Do". Yes, she suggested systemic allergy, but you initially said that you're only giving credit when their suggestion was specific enough to make treatment possible, which Cameron's wasn't. I'd give that one to House (or maybe Wilson) for realizing the allergen was something internal. I also disagree with her credit in "Love Hurts"; the metal plate was one of those things that House knew and was waiting for a fellow to pick up on. Third season: Hmm, add Chase's lung biopsy in "Informed Consent" to my question about the errors in "Paternity" and "Maternity". Not diagnostically relevant, but still patient care. And much as I love Chase, I'm not sure why he gets a Takayasu's credit in "Half-Wit" if all he suggested was "autoimmune". I'm really confused about your criteria here. Count me as one who thinks Chase should get credit for the fetus surgery. I wouldn't argue the point if it was undeniable that House had the idea already, or if all the ducklings weren't regularly getting credit for things that are kinda vague and that they just happened to be the first one to mention. But this is a very crucial and very specific idea, and I'm not convinced that House had it first (although I'm not convinced he didn't either). but it was stupid and pointless and may have delayed treatment for other patients in the hospital. Let's not mince words here. :-) Really fascinating that the stats actually do seem to back up my general impressions, which I had thought were probably biased. Chase initially supports the team as a whole but doesn't put himself forward; when he finally does, he really starts to shine. Cameron is competent but unexceptional and tends to play it safe (fewer errors). And Foreman isn't nearly as great as he and Cuddy seem to think he is. Thank you so much for doing this, Taiga.

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I haven't been ignoring you Bedawyn, just working on updating my performance reviews. Yes, I am a masochist and will continue into S4. In Season Four House begins with 27 fellowship applicants, which he is narrowing down to two or three over a series of episodes. Starting with episode 4.02 I am listing the nine that will be crucial for the following episodes and will cross them off as they are eliminated by House. Because I don’t know if the original Housepets will rejoin the Department of Diagnostic Medicine (spoiler free!) I will continue to list them as well. From now on I’ll list them all in alphabetical order. 4.01 Alone Initial Symptoms: Woman injured in building collapse with fever + fluctuating consciousness Diagnosis: Serotonin syndrome (House) + delirium tremens (House) + Warfarin/estrogen interaction (House) + antibiotics allergy (Cuddy) + mistaken identity (House) Contributions by Team House (7): Diagnosis for serotonin syndrome from MAOI/Demerol interaction, diagnosis for delirium tremens from alcohol withdrawal, sees patient has internal bleeding, notices enlargened uterus, diagnosis for Warfarin/estrogen interaction, spots eosinophilic granuloma, diagnosis for mistaken identity Notes: House was working alone in this episode (hence the title) with no team and only Cuddy and a janitor helping him. Cuddy realized that the patient had pancreatitis, and made the diagnosis for cephalosporin allergy from the lump House spotted on the patient’s arm.

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The nine prospective Housepets are: Travis Brennan (#37), epidemiologist nicknamed Grumpy Jeffery Cole (#18 ), geneticist nicknamed Big Love Jodi Desai (#32), veterinarian Henry Dobson (#26), not a doctor Remy Hadley (#13), internist (she is called Thirteen but her name can be seen on Chase’s betting slips in episode 4.05, and because the nickname irritates me I’m using her real name) Lawrence Kutner (#6/9), rehabilitative and sports medicine specialist Chris Taub (#39), plastic surgeon Twins (#15A &15B), pediatric endocrinologists Amber Volakis (#24), interventional radiologist nicknamed Cutthroat Bitch 4.02 The Right Stuff Initial Symptoms: Woman with synaesthesia Diagnoses: Von Hipple-Lindau disease (Chase) + pheochromacytoma (Chase) Contributions by Team House (2): Idea to test patient’s liver by stressing it, performs auscultatory percussion to detect masses in lungs Brennan (0) Desai (0) Cameron (0): Not part of diagnosis Chase (2): Diagnosis for Von Hipple-Lindau disease, diagnosis for pheochromacytoma Cole (0) Dobson (0) Foreman (0): Not in episode Kutner (2): Realizes patient is having a heart attack, suggests using alcohol to stress liver Taub (3): Notices elevated red blood count, talks patient out of chapel, idea to examine lungs as part of breast implant surgery Hadley (2): Suggests "hormone overproduction" caused atrial flutter, idea to administer oxygen in stress test room for medical records falsification Twins (0 & 0) Twin A (0) Twin B (0) Volakis (1): Suggests patient has problem with her liver Notes: Pheochromacytomas are associated with some types of Von Hipple-Lindau disease. House started with 27 fellowship candidate in this episode, which were narrowed down to these nine by the end. Some have argued that during the surgery House did know the correct diagnoses before Chase revealed them. There’s no way to be sure and I myself saw no proof of it, so I’m awarding these diagnoses to Chase; even if House did know the illness at that point, Chase arrived at the diagnoses independently.

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4.03 97 Seconds Initial Symptoms: Man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) + fainting Diagnosis: Strongyloides (threadworms) (House + Hadley) Contributions by Team House (3): Diagnosis for Strongyloides, spots necrosis in cervical lymph node, realizes dog died from eating patient’s medication Brennan (0) Cameron (1): Idea for xenodiagnosis Chase (0) Cole (0) Desai (0) Dobson (0) Foreman (0): Not part of diagnosis Hadley (4): Diagnosis for Strongyloides, says trouble swallowing was caused by SMA, realizes patient’s lungs are filling with fluid, knows lung fluid should be bloody if patient has cancer Kutner (2): Suggests patient contracted disease in Thailand, idea to test stool Taub (1): Realizes patient’s kidneys are failing Twin A (1): Idea to put patient on tilt table Twin B (0) Volakis (0) Notes: House had already diagnosed the patient before Hadley did. Hadley received an error for not making sure the patient took his medication, though it’s unclear why he didn’t. The candidates were working in two teams throughout the first half of the episode. It’s unclear whose idea it was to test the patient’s stool, but I have to give it to someone so I gave it to Kutner. After only two weeks the worms shouldn’t have been in the patient’s stool, but it’s where to start looking for parasites. Volakis is not getting credit for asking House’s former fellows for help! The twins and Desai were fired at the end of the episode.