My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1119: Chapter 441: Be Vigilant Against Neonatal Sepsis—True Fairness Never Exists

"Go for the tests first! You’re first in line, and the blood routine results should be available in at most two hours. If it’s just newborn jaundice, it can be treated easily enough. The real concern is if it’s newborn sepsis, which is more troublesome. So, once the blood test results are out, make sure to come find me immediately. Don’t delay. Additionally, try not to feed the child anything other than breast milk and water."

Based on his personal diagnosis experience, Zhou Can highly suspects that this child may have newborn sepsis.

This illness typically occurs in infants between three days to two weeks old.

This child only developed symptoms after twenty-one days, which suggests his immunity is quite strong. Or he might have developed it earlier, but the mother didn’t notice.

Newborn sepsis is a systemic infectious disease caused by bacteria invading the bloodstream.

Due to the immature development of the newborn’s central nervous system, weak bodily response, poor defense mechanisms of the skin, mucous membrane, and gastrointestinal tract, and the high permeability of local lymph nodes to bacteria, the infection focal point often cannot be confined to a relatively small area.

Instead, it spreads rapidly and eventually turns into sepsis.

Currently, the child’s mental state is very poor, coupled with not having eaten for a whole day and night, which makes Zhou Can very anxious.

A vibrant life can easily fade away in the face of such a terrible illness.

The woman anxiously rushes to bring the child for the tests following Zhou Can’s instructions.

Zhou Can originally wanted to ask why the child’s father didn’t come?

Because the woman had given birth only twenty-one days ago, her body is still in the recovery period. Carrying the child around is very likely to adversely affect her body, even leaving behind what is commonly known as postpartum ailments.

Since ancient times, China has had the tradition of postpartum recovery.

This is by no means a sign of Chinese women’s fragility, but rather the wisdom of medical practices within the nation. It’s also a reflection of the foundations of Chinese medicine.

Women abroad do not have these rules.

They believe postpartum recovery isn’t necessary, and they dare to take baths right after childbirth, eating and drinking without restrictions. Nowadays, even giving birth in water is gaining popularity. One can only say that everyone has their own perspective.

Postpartum women have weakened vitality and blood deficiency. Even though foreign women might differ from Chinese women in body immunity mechanisms, if they overstrain their bodies, and postpartum illnesses linger, they often accompany them for life.

The pain and bitterness therein can only be truly felt by the women themselves.

Patients come in one after another, and Zhou Can handles them quickly. When faced with some complex cases, he often spends a significant amount of time examining in detail and conducting comprehensive judgments, sometimes even consulting with pediatric experts to discuss the condition.

Overall, his cure and improvement rates are very high, whether dealing with common illnesses or complex cases.

He’s been practicing in Pediatrics for about two years, with a CMI value reaching 3.2 in his first year.

It’s worth knowing that many chief pediatrics doctors have a CMI value of about 1.5.

Some outstanding experts have even surpassed 6.0.

The CMI value refers to the Case-Mix Index, an internationally recognized metric representing the technical difficulty a hospital faces in treating diseases and handling complex cases. A higher CMI indicates more severe conditions, harder to treat.

This even directly relates to the pre-paid insurance quotas the hospital can obtain.

Moreover, the domestic focus on physicians’ CMI values is increasing because it directly reflects the proficiency level of a doctor’s medical skills.

If an ordinary doctor typically handles standard cases, this CMI value will naturally be low.

This year’s CMI value hasn’t been released yet, but Zhou Can estimates it won’t be a problem reaching above 4.0.

That’s because when treating many diseases, especially during major surgeries, he participates as an assistant. If he were directly responsible as the main surgeon and led consultations for complex cases, his CMI value would be remarkably high.

In terms of actual strength, he shouldn’t fall short compared to some of this hospital’s ’top dogs.’

Of course, this doesn’t mean his medical skills have reached top-tier levels, but rather it is a relatively objective evaluation.

His medical skills still have substantial room for improvement.

Both academically and in clinical practice, he hasn’t reached the pinnacle yet.

Most senior directors and top-tier experts agree that medicine has no endpoint. The more one learns, the more they feel the boundlessness of medical knowledge.

Human knowledge and research about the human body is currently just the tip of the iceberg.

The woman with the broken left arm soon entered the consulting room.

Because Zhou Can didn’t agree to let her cut in line for priority medical attention, he could sense her harboring slight hostility.

Upon entering, she again feigned a pitiful appearance.

"Dr. Zhou, my family’s financial situation is not good, and we have three children. Your medical skills are so advanced, and you have such a kind heart; could you at least save a bit on my child’s medication costs?"

While speaking, the woman even managed to squeeze out a couple of tears and started wiping them away.

If it were a newbie doctor witnessing such a scene, most would have their compassion stirred and would do their best to meet the person’s requests.

Especially in Pediatrics, where many doctors are female.

They are more likely to be soft-hearted than male doctors.

"Raising three kids is indeed quite challenging. Rest assured, I will definitely help you save wherever possible."

Zhou Can, by now, is a seasoned practitioner.

His response left no room for gaps.

He has quite extensive experience dealing with various difficult family members.

If he really encounters those who cry, make a scene, and act out—those who are unreasonably demanding—sometimes he still finds it hard to handle.