331 – Debating the finer details

Whilst you debate the finer points of the types of raised bilirubin, with reference to Diamond Blackfan anaemia and Rotor type hyperbilirubinemia, the patient crashes. You are not sure what’s worse – the fact the patient is about to die or that the last words to enter his consciousness were “well I think you’ll find biliverdin comes before bilirubin, want to take this to Wikipedia?”