Chapter 235 - 235 0236 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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235: Chapter 0236: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome 235: Chapter 0236: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome At that moment, Xingru had already woken up, but she was still relying on an oxygen machine, wearing an oxygen mask to aid her breathing. Now in the ward, only Ye Qiu and she were left. As soon as Ye Qiu first laid eyes on Xingru, he could tell what illness she was suffering from. However, he didn’t mention it in front of those people. According to Western medicine, the disease Xingru was suffering from is called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which is a syndrome characterized by acute progressive hypoxemic respiratory failure, triggered by various causes. This disease has a very high mortality rate. However, in recent years, with greater clinical emphasis, early detection, and the initiation of mechanical ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure therapy, the mortality rate has dropped somewhat, and after being cured, respiratory function can often gradually return to normal. Just as Ye Qiu was preparing to remove Xingru’s oxygen mask and then treat her, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open. Ye Qiu had already said that he would treat Xingru alone; how could someone be interrupting him now? When Ye Qiu stopped, he saw a young man about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, wearing a white coat and gold-rimmed glasses, rushing in with two female nurses. This young doctor, named Li Jin, was Xingru’s attending physician. He was also a top student from MIT in the United States, and Jinling People’s Hospital had invited him back with a high salary shortly after he finished his doctorate. He was the most famous expert in internal medicine and also a specialist in treating the type of disease Xingru was experiencing. Just now, upon hearing that Xingru’s family had privately invited a young man to treat her, he immediately thought it must be one of those quack doctors. He didn’t expect to rush over to find a plainly dressed, seventeen- or eighteen-year-old young man standing there and immediately stopped him, saying, “What do you think you’re doing?” When Ye Qiu looked at Li Jin, he turned to look at Mr. and Mrs. Shen Zhigang who had also come in. “Doctor Ye, this is Director Li, the attending physician of my eldest daughter,” said Shen Zhigang. He had come many times and was quite aware of who Li Jin was, and he also knew that the latter was a highly educated returnee from overseas. However, since Ye Qiu had been able to cure his grandson’s heart disease so quickly, he also believed that Ye Qiu could easily cure Xingru’s illness. “Mr. Shen, you hired a quack doctor to treat your daughter. If something happens to her, the hospital will be held responsible, and I will be held responsible,” said Li Jin coldly. If their medical skills were about the same, it would have been fine, but Li Jin had never heard of this young man. Jinling People’s Hospital is quite large, but recently, Ye Qiu cured Zhou Bao and Wang Yulian’s disease at its early stage, and although the news has spread, it might not have reached far because it was just one medical case, which is why Li Jin didn’t know that Ye Qiu had already treated other patients there. “Director Li, Doctor Ye was invited by us. If anything happens to my sister, we will naturally take responsibility,” said Yueru. “Does he have the necessary medical licenses? Has the hospital given him permission to treat patients here?” asked Li Jin again. This made Ye Qiu wonder; he hadn’t faced so many rules at Jinling Hospital—why were there so many here? “Then I won’t treat her,” said Ye Qiu, equally coldly. It was Mr. and Mrs. Shen Zhigang who had begged him to come and treat Xingru. If this doctor was afraid of complications, then Ye Qiu couldn’t be bothered to deal with it. Seeing that Ye Qiu was a bit angry and planning to leave, Li Jin was somewhat pleased, thinking that Ye Qiu was afraid. “How can this be?” said Yueru. Now that her sister’s condition was so serious, she hoped that Ye Qiu would quickly cure her sister. “Then you should get these things sorted out first and, besides, my time is very precious.” When Ye Qiu walked out to the corridor, Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming followed. If it hadn’t been for Shen Zhigang begging him to come, he might not have shown up. As the three of them sat outside the ward, Ye Qiu suddenly spotted a silhouette that seemed familiar. Upon a closer look, he recognized it as the doctor who had lost a bet to him but had backed out on the deal. Ye Qiu intended to find him and stood up to approach him before looking towards Doctor Zhang and asking, “Doctor Zhang, long time no see.” The moment Zhang Chuan saw Ye Qiu, he immediately remembered the bet of one hundred thousand yuan. At first, he thought it was easy money, only to end up losing. That one hundred thousand yuan was neither too much nor too trifling for him, but he was not willing to hand it over to Ye Qiu that easily. “Who are you?” Zhang Chuan pretended to ask. He had dismissed the bet as a joke and now even pretended not to recognize Ye Qiu. Inside, Ye Qiu sneered coldly, knowing that Zhang Chuan would definitely not hand over the one hundred thousand yuan easily. “Doctor Zhang, it seems wealthy people tend to forget things easily. How soon have you forgotten about me? When do you plan to give me the one hundred thousand yuan?” Ye Qiu asked. “I don’t know what you’re talking about one hundred thousand yuan.” Zhang Chuan did not want to deal with Ye Qiu and was even less inclined to be badgered by him. So, he prepared to leave hastily. Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming were puzzled to see him walk away. “Brother Qiu, does he owe you money?” Li Shen asked. “One hundred thousand yuan, from our last bet. He’s trying to weasel out of it.” Ye Qiu replied. Zhang Chuan heaved a sigh of relief when he moved forward and saw Ye Qiu was not following him. Having to give up that one hundred thousand yuan to Ye Qiu would really hurt. However, Ye Qiu watched Zhang Chuan’s retreating figure with a hint of coldness in his smile. As Zhang Chuan was about to enter a ward, his breathing suddenly turned very rapid, his face pale. He gasped for breath, and his plight scared a passing female nurse, who exclaimed, “Doctor Zhang, what’s wrong with you?” Zhang Chuan thought he was dying, struggling to breathe, feeling weak all over, gasping clearly. His condition was very similar to when Shen Xingru had her worst outbreak. Li Jin, who was engaged in a dispute with Shen Zhigang and his wife and Shen Yueru, came out upon hearing the commotion. Seeing Zhang Chuan almost collapse, supported by a nurse, he instantly realized that Zhang Chuan had developed the same disease as Shen Xingru, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). This disease, even with advanced medical equipment, could have a very high mortality rate if not given urgent care in time. Li Jin had never heard of Zhang Chuan suffering from this disease before; now, it appeared even more serious than Shen Xingru’s case. He quickly instructed two female nurses to take Zhang Chuan to the emergency room, rushing to start treatment himself. “Brother Qiu, how did he go from being fine to this so suddenly?” Zhu Zhiming and Li Shen were both very surprised, while Ye Qiu remained silent. Since the man was unwilling to pay the one hundred thousand yuan, then he would demand ten times that amount in compensation.

Chapter 235 - 235 0236 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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