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Opinion: New organ donation rules are unfair to families

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Briefings

A neurointensivist describes performing an apnea test on Hailey, a 22-year-old college student with a catastrophic brain injury, to determine death by neurological criteria. The patient lay in the intensive care unit with a steady heart and ventilator support, showing no chest movement or breath during the 10-minute observation period. This procedure is the final step in the neurointensive care process for such cases.

Key points

• The patient Hailey was 22 years old and a college student at the time of the procedure.
• Hailey suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a traffic accident prior to the test.

Context

This finding comes from a personal account by a neurointensivist at Oregon Health & Science University regarding the final steps of determining death by neurological criteria for a patient with a brain injury.

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The evidence is a single personal account from a neurointensivist with no additional data, dates, or context beyond the specific procedure and patient details provided.

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