The patient Victoria Madsen is said to have been shot with a Taser discharging 60,000V, putting her heart in arrhythmia. House looks for a single impact point on her leg after accusing the Police Officer of lying about using the Taser. A Taser shoots two darts with a 7-degree vertical spread, discharging 50,000V at 2.1mA causing involuntary muscle contractions throughout the outer muscle layer of the body. The fact that the patient didn't have any feeling in her thigh would not have made her immune to the Taser. Compare the Tasers 2.1mA/50,000V to the 15A/125V in a regular U.S. wall socket - Amperes kill, not Volts. Also, Taser cartridges have ID-numbers and spread confetti-like ID-tags when discharged; as the officer is personally accountable for each issued cartridge it would have been pointless for him to lie to House.
Dr. Cuddy states that House's patient can't receive an MRI because she has a surgical implant in her arm and the MRI would rip it out. While it is true that an MRI uses a powerful magnetic field that can potentially pull metal objects out of a person's body with a few exceptions almost all surgical implants are titanium. Titanium is a non-ferrous metal meaning it is not affected by magnetic fields.
From 32:48 minutes to 34:45 minutes, Doctor House Hugh Laurie diagnosed "Korsakoff Syndrome" for patient Jodi Leslie Karpman and for her treatment stated "Give her thiamine right away, she will bounce back pretty quickly".
"Korsakoff Syndrome" typically can not be reversed. Unfortunately Doctor House incorrectly recommends Thiamine, however Thiamine has never ever cured "Korsakoff Syndrome". "Korsakoff Syndrome" diagnosis indicates permanent brain damage, and is easily recognized by doctors, because of the permanent problems with memory loss.
When asked questions, the "Korsakoff Syndrome" patient creates false and erroneous memories to answer the questions, but without any intent to deceive (confabulation), because there is permanent brain damage.
"Korsakoff Syndrome" typically can not be reversed. Unfortunately Doctor House incorrectly recommends Thiamine, however Thiamine has never ever cured "Korsakoff Syndrome". "Korsakoff Syndrome" diagnosis indicates permanent brain damage, and is easily recognized by doctors, because of the permanent problems with memory loss.
When asked questions, the "Korsakoff Syndrome" patient creates false and erroneous memories to answer the questions, but without any intent to deceive (confabulation), because there is permanent brain damage.
The $100 bill that Dr. House presents when he tries to bribe the cop clearly looks fake. Benjamin Franklin is facing the left when he should be facing the right.
At the end of the episode, House implies that Foreman has only a matter of hours to receive a Rabies vaccine before the disease is irreversible. Foreman was exposed only a couple of days ago, and symptoms of the Rabies virus manifest ten to ninety days after exposure.
Near the end, when analyzing the lab results, Allison appears to be typing words on the keyboard; however, the screen reveals there is no word-based input.
Rabies treatments no longer involve shots into the stomach, only a series of shots into the arm.