Comments on: Looking at ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ and dead serious issues http://www.msu-underground.com/archives/927 The Unofficial Student Publication of Missouri State University Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:38:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bill http://www.msu-underground.com/archives/927/comment-page-1#comment-127 Bill Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:55:45 +0000 http://www.msu-underground.com/?p=927#comment-127 Just a correction: Schiavo had a PEG "feeding tube". 12 hours/day liquid nutrient solution was transferred via an IVAC infusion pump directly to her stomach. She breathed on her own normally, but did required repeated hospitalizations for pneumonia. It is likely she needed respiratory support at those times, however health care privacy laws are now so strict that we only know a small fraction of the medical treatment she received (only what was publicly revealed in litigation) Just a correction: Schiavo had a PEG “feeding tube”.

12 hours/day liquid nutrient solution was transferred via an IVAC infusion pump directly to her stomach.

She breathed on her own normally, but did required repeated hospitalizations for pneumonia.

It is likely she needed respiratory support at those times, however health care privacy laws are now so strict that we only know a small fraction of the medical treatment she received (only what was publicly revealed in litigation)

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