Questions tagged [house]
House (also known as House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama about Dr. Gregory House, a pain medication-dependent, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Why does Dr. House use Vicodin?
One of the most unrealistic parts of House seems to be House's drug habit. My understanding is that Vicodin is powerful but not an ideal painkiller compared to OxyContin or Zohydro, which are pure ...
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Are there hospitals that have a diagnostic department like in the show House?
In the TV show, House selects a patient he finds interesting and performs diagnosis to his liking. Are there hospitals that have a diagnostic department or a team that takes only difficult medical ...
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Why didn't Lisa Cuddy appear in the show finale? [duplicate]
The finale episode of House featured cameos appearances of many of the show's prominent actors, including Cameron, Kutner, Amber and Stacy.
Cuddy was one of the show's main characters for multiple ...
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House M.D. - MIDNIT mnemonic
In the second episode of the first season of House, Dr. House during a meeting brings up the mnemonic "MIDNIT":
Metabolic
Inflammation
Degenerative
Neoplastic
Infection
Trauma
Is this a ...
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Did Cameron cheat on her husband?
In House MD S1E7 "Fidelity", the script seems to be alluding to the fact that Cameron cheated on her husband:
She unprofessionally and IMHO immorally calls the cheated-on husband a terrible ...
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How long had House's team been working for him when the series started?
At the beginning of the TV series House, doctors Cameron, Chase and Foreman were already working for House. From what I remember there were a couple moments in the series where it's hinted that maybe ...
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Why didn’t the pills Brandon was taking have a letter on the back?
House MD: S1,E3
Once Brandon is treated for colchicine poisoning, he is prescribed new cough medicines before being discharged from the hospital. He surprisingly remarks
There’s a letter on the ...
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Why did Mr. Funsten serve Dr House with court papers?
House MD: S1, E2.
Mr Funsten is an outpatient at the hospital who sees Dr House for a boil infection in his right thigh. While conversing with the patient Dr House could have a little peek into the ...
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Why does Dr Cuddy agree with Dr House on his method of treatment only after visiting the patient?
House MD: S1,E1.
Dr Cuddy doesn’t agree with Dr House’s way of treating the patient for cerebral vasculitis (D/d,) i.e., by administering steroids to the patient. She walks up to House and delivers ...
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Why did Dr House ask the patient to get finger-paint?
I am watching House MD: S1,E1.
A patient with orange skin colour shows up with back spasm. Upon conversing with him a little, Dr House asks if he consumes ridiculous amounts of carrots and megadose ...
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How does Dr. House get his patients?
In the tv show House, Dr. House is a diagnostic genius with a team of doctors under him. Every episode deals with a new mystery case which takes the entire episode for the team to solve.
Obviously, ...
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Are there medical equipment product placements in House?
I have seen some classic Apple product placements but there are also names of some medical equipment manufacturers shown, e.g. on CT Machines.
Are there product placements of medical equipment in ...
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Why are the doctors always calling each other by their last names? [duplicate]
In Dr. House series, the doctors know each other well and are supposed to be colleagues/friends. Why not say Gregory/Robert/Eric, etc. among themselves instead of House/Chase/Foreman, etc?
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Why didn't Greg House just amputate his leg?
There's an episode where Dr. House says that he should have amputated his leg. So why doesn't he?
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Why was House cancelled?
I feel like House is one of those shows that could continue forever. Why was it cancelled?