Life, Death and the Bridges in Between - Part I, with Dr Sam Shemie.
The Critical Care Commute Podcast
The Final Point of No Return
In certain conditions, it's a matter of they can't recover to a quality of life that is satisfactory for them or in the minds of their surrogates. It's either time treatment or transplantation to replace the failing organ as our suite of treatments that we offer patients. At neither time nor treatment, nor transplantation can reverse that condition. All you do is prevent the way brain failure leads to your death through an airway and mechanical ventilation.
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