by APFLI | May 10, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
A growing push has arisen from the medical community to increase the number of available human transplant organs by removing organs from non-brain-dead organ donors who experience “cardiac death” (CD) or 5 minutes of cardiac arrest. A recent article in the New...
by APFLI | May 20, 2007 | Right to Life - Archive
In a national first, a donor heart held its beat for nearly three hours in its transport carrier before it was transplanted into a patient. The organ was stored in an experimental device built to keep it pristine and functioning, a state that could reduce the risk of...
by APFLI | Apr 1, 2007 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
NEW TREND IN ORGAN DONATION RAISES QUESTIONS: As Alternative Approach Becomes More Frequent, Doctors Worry That It Puts Donors at Risk. The number of kidneys, livers and other body parts surgeons are harvesting through a controversial approach to organ donation has...
by APFLI | Sep 1, 2006 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Case study and literature review. Background: Tracheal intubations of comatose patients are common, but contrary to most standards for respiratory care, heated nebulizers are not always used. This deviation from recommendations appears to be widespread. Case Report:...
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2005 | Right to Life - Archive, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu admitted that the practice of selling the organs of executed prisoners to foreign transplant recipients is common, while promising to change the policy. “We want to push for regulations on organ transplants to standardise the...