KevinMD July 7, 2025
That was one of my uneventful night duties—until early morning. As usual, I had a hectic on-call day, where I barely got half an hour for dinner—which we consider routine. Around 3 a.m., I received a request for an abdominal CT scan for a middle-aged male patient with abdominal pain. The surgeons were suspecting mesenteric ischemia—blockage in abdominal vessels, which can be life-threatening.
I glanced through the scan, trying to open my eyes wider—no free air, no vessel thrombosis, no bowel dilatation. Just mild free fluid—a very non-specific finding. I concluded there was no significant abnormality. I went to sleep, setting my mobile phone volume to maximum, just in case.
The surgeon called for the report. I told her it...
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