Inappropriate restrictions on life saving technology

Inappropriate restrictions on life saving technology

When a patient dies it is of considerable consolation to relatives if they can be reassured that everything possible and appropriate was done. For many acute heart failure patients in the UK, this approach cannot be taken with honesty. This is because the NHS will not fund circulatory support equipment to treat cardiogenic shock in the majority of cardiac tertiary centres. Affected are 2% of 40...

Life‐threatening and life‐saving inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks

An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead dislodgement into the right atrium is a dangerous situation, particularly in patients in atrial fibrillation because atrial fibrillation can be sensed as ventricular fibrillation and true ventricular fibrillation induced with an inappropriate shock. In the presence of shocks, ICD interrogation should be performed as soon as possible.

Life-saving and life-taking: a comment.

Effects of investment in water-saving technology on cropping pattern and employment

The Effect of Labor-Saving Technology on Longitudinal Fertility Changes

In many subsistence communities worldwide, labor-saving technologies such as mechanized water pumps and grain mills are introduced during the first stages of economic acculturation. These technological changes affect the efficiency with which resources are acquired and processed. If women can produce the same amount of a good in less time and if the time savings is reallocated to less energetic...