Mirranda Lawson, 2 yo- Family goes to court to prevent brain death tests

[stormshine]

She died on November 1st (officially.)

http://wtvr.com/2016/11/21/mirranda-grace-2-year-old-on-life-support-at-vcu-dies/

 

[Doghairrules]

She died on November 1st (officially.)

http://wtvr.com/2016/11/21/mirranda-grace-2-year-old-on-life-support-at-vcu-dies/

So very sad, but I'm glad this little one is finally free.


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[al66pine]

"Once clinicians have determined that a patient is dead by neurological criteria (DNC), they generally have no ongoing duty to "treat" that patient. Accordingly, clinicians will stop physiological support like mechanical ventilation either immediately or after a brief period of "accommodation."

"Some families seek to avoid this result, because they doubt that the patient really satisfies the criteria for DNC. Or they doubt the validity of the brain death diagnosis itself. Since families have few legal rights after DNC, some have instead focused on asserting their rights before DNC. Specifically, they have refused to allow clinicians to administer the apnea test.

"But do clinicians even need family consent to administer an apnea test? U.S. neurologists disagree on the answer. And so do U.S. courts. In 2016, two state trial courts reached opposite conclusions. A Montana court said "yes." (An earlier Kansas case also said "yes.") But a Virginia court said "no."

"The Virginia case was being briefed before the Virginia Supreme Court. Given uncertainty and conflict, appellate guidance would have been helpful. But on November 1, the patient in the Virginia case, two-year old Mirranda Lawson, was declared dead on cardiopulmonary criteria. The apnea consent issue is now moot, since DNC is itself moot."
^ http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/2016/11/avoiding-determination-of-brain-death.html. <--- Nov 22 entry in Professor Pope's blog.

^ also links to MSM
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_7f290520-9ef5-5551-b545-ed1924fd2783.html. <--- dated Nov 21.
"Mirranda Grace Lawson dies; was focus of fight over brain death test"

RIP Mirranda.