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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 00:06:51 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: a rationale for organ donation


[Currently conditions for cryopreservations are quite poor outside of the US. By
also being an organ donor, anyone interested in cryonics would benefit from 
medically provided heparin, as well as body cooling.]

J Prof Nurs. 2005 Mar-Apr;21(2):97-102.

The ethics of heparin administration to the potential non-heart-beating organ 
donor.
Motta ED. Department of Nursing, Rhode Island College, Providence 02908, USA.
Abstract

    The increasing need and limited sources for organs has stimulated a renewed 
    interest in non-heart-beating organ donation (NHBOD). NHBOD is the donation 
    of organs from cadavers that have been declared dead by cardiopulmonary 
    criteria. Emerging protocols for heparin administration to the potential 
    non-heart-beating organ donor (NHBD) deserve scrutiny. This topic is 
    presented within a limited discussion of organ donation in general. The 
    definition of death has been refined to its present state because of the 
    need for clear parameters in light of a desire to procure organs for 
    transplant. The administration of heparin to the NHBD is intended to prevent
    the formation of blood clots in the kidneys and liver. Heparin at high 
    doses is clearly not given for the benefit of the patient, and some 
    professionals are concerned that administration may hasten death. Nurses are
    guided by codes that require the consideration of the ethical principles of
    autonomy, informed consent, beneficence, and justice while providing 
    compassionate care. An eagerness to procure viable organs for positive 
    transplant outcomes must not be the guiding force in protocols that allow 
    the administration of heparin to the potential NHBD. Heparin administration 
    is supported for these donors within specific parameters.
PMID: 15806507

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