Ethical challenges in infant heart transplantation: a clinical case presentation.
Although heart transplantation has become recognized as a viable option for the treatment of incorrectable heart disease in infants and children, its application becomes less clear in infants with potentially serious neurologic impairment. The following case study illustrates one transplant team's approach to decision making in the case of an infant born with a chromosomal deletion syndrome.
Johnston
J K
JK
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Cardiac Transplant Program, Calif., USA.
Orr
R D
RD
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D018579:Patient Selection