Thursday, May 26, 2011

Vital organ donation

Vital organ donation: If you were to compare a dead body with someone declared 'brain dead,' you would find that the dead body is pale, cold, stiff, and unresponsive. There is no heartbeat, no body functions, no breathing, and no movement. Someone declared 'brain dead' is warm and flexible. There is a beating heart, normal color, temperature, and blood pressure. Most functions continue, including digestion, excretion, and maintenance of fluid balance with normal urine output. There will often be response to surgical incisions. In a long enough period of observation, someone declared 'brain dead' will show healing and growth, and will go through puberty if they are a child.

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