Toronto Star |
Brain death rates drop
Toronto Star Donation after “brain death” accounts for about half of kidney transplants, three-quarters of liver transplants, 90 per cent of lung and pancreas transplants, and all heart and small bowel transplants. The study: Incidence of neurologic death among … |
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Fewer ‘brain dead’ patients means drop in organ donations
The Province With brain death, the patient is declared brain dead and families are approached about the possibility of organ retrieval. With cardiac death, “the decision for the patient to be a potential organ donor happens before the patient is actually dead … |
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Fewer “Brain Deaths” and Donor Organs
dailyRx The most dramatic decline in doctors’ rulings of brain death occurred among people with traumatic brain injury. But also included, as examples, among those declared brain dead were persons who had bleeding in the brain or a lack of oxygen to the brain … |
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Fewer ‘Brain Dead’ Diagnoses After Brain Injuries May Explain Stagnant Organ …
Medical Daily Researchers involved with the study point out that donation after neurologic death (i.e. brain death) accounts for half of kidney transplants, three-quarters of liver transplants, 90 percent of lung and pancreas transplants, and all heart and small … |
The Globe and Mail |
Brain death on the decline in Canada: study
The Globe and Mail From 2002 to 2012, the proportion of brain-injured patients in southern Alberta who deteriorated to neurologic death (brain death) declined from 8.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent – a 50-per-cent reduction, noted study author Dr. Andreas Kramer, a clinical … Brain death decline may explain fall in organ donationsCBC.ca Brain death rates dropToronto Star Fewer ‘brain dead’ patients means drop in organ donationsCanada.com Medical Daily –MedPage Today all 9 news articles » |
Columbia Daily Herald |
Holding his breath
Columbia Daily Herald The emergency medical technicians knew it, too, writing “probable brain death” on their report. But as she touched his still-pink skin, Debbie Dewire England questioned why, if her son’s heart was still beating, he couldn’t breathe for himself. “His … |
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Many choose to donate organs, but few are eligible
Coeur d’Alene Press Following brain death, if the decision has been made in favor of organ donation, the patient is brought into the operating room. According to Kate Wang, RN, Director of Surgical Services at Kootenai Health, “At that time, the patient will still be on a … |
National Post |
Once an indisputable fact, medical advances have turned death into a diagnosis …
National Post Thus was born the modern concept of “brain death.” Fotolia. Once an indisputable fact, death became a diagnosis, a judgment call, an educated opinion — and a new world of ethical nightmares opened up. For most people, they are alive one minute and not … |
The Vine |
Paul and Luke endure Rob Schneider
The Vine Either that, or there was a gas leak occurring in the venue, and they were all suffering brain-death, and their brains were mixing up the ‘laugh’ command with the ‘scream’ command. LUKE: There’s often a sense when discussing comedy that an objective … |
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With Each Breath, Full of Life
The Rafu Shimpo Further confusing those in need of organs in Japan was – and still is, to an extent – the varying definitions of brain death. The law had traditionally allowed a diagnosis of brain death only for those who have previously registered themselves as organ … |