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More Hospitals & Governments Push for Organ Transplants 5 Minutes or Less After Heart Stops

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...

Prolonged, Unintended Brain Cooling May Inhibit Recovery from Brain Injuries

 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:...

China Admits to Sale of Organs From Prisoners

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...