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Jahi McMath Died and What Followed Has Been Tragic
This afternoon the latest chapter in the demise and subsequent saga of 13-year-old Jahi McMath has been started when a judge granted an extension of life support through Jan. 7. Since her surgery and subsequent cardiac arrest on Dec. 9, this case has become the topic of conversation throughout the nation. The unusual situation has attracted the commentary of medical providers, lawyers, ethicists, public relations agents, and religious figures. It has sparked an intense, emotional debate across water coolers and dining room tables. It deserves our considerate reflection for what it can teach us about medical science, the en...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - December 31, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Brain-dead California girl ordered kept on ventilator for week longer
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - The family of a California girl who was declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy won an 11th-hour court order on Monday, requiring doctors to keep her connected to a breathing machine for at least another week. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

California brain-dead girl nears deadline for ventilator
(Reuters) - Relatives of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy pressed an 11th-hour effort on Monday to get her moved to an extended-care facility as a deadline neared for taking her off a breathing machine. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Family of brain-dead teen wants her moved to nursing home
Doctors have said girl is beyond recovery following complications from a tonsillectomy (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Jahi McMath's family: "There is still time for a miracle"
Judge ruled Jahi McMath, who suffered complications following Dec. 9 tonsillectomy, can be removed from ventilator after court-appointed doctor confirms brain death (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Calif. judge orders brain-dead teen taken off life support
Family has until Dec. 30 to file an appeal, after second medical diagnosis found brain death of 13-year-old who had tonsillectomy (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Calif. judge: Brain-dead teen can be taken off life support
Family has until Dec. 30 to file an appeal, after second medical opinion also finds brain death in 13-year-old who had tonsillectomy (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Judge: Teen is brain dead after tonsillectomy
A judge has concluded that 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who suffered complications after tonsil surgery, is brain dead. But it's unclear what will happen next to the California teen. An attorney representing her family told reporters they haven't decided ... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Judge keeps "brain dead" teen on ventilator through holidays
Jahi McMath's family says girl bled profusely after Dec. 9 tonsillectomy and then went into cardiac arrest before being declared brain dead (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Teen left "brain dead" after tonsillectomy to get 2nd opinion
Hospital said it has no duty to maintain life support because Jahi's brain death is irreversible (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Judge Orders Girl Be Kept on Ventilator
The family of a girl who was declared brain-dead in California after complications from a tonsillectomy want a neurologist to examine her further. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tags: Doctors McMath, Jahi Death and Dying Oakland (Calif) Brain Hospitals Source Type: news

More Extensive Sleep Apnea Surgery Revealed in Girl with Brain Death
In a court hearing Friday, further details were revealed in the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, the teenager who suffered complications leading to brain death after surgery to treat sleep apnea. While awaiting the opinion of an independent neurologist as ordered by the court, additional information about the procedures preceding the tragic turn of events has been disclosed. She did not have a routine tonsillectomy. Rather, she had three procedures to treat her condition: adenotonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), and turbinate reduction. Tonsillectomy with or without removal of the adenoids is commonly perfor...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - December 21, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Family wins reprieve for brain-dead daughter
A judge granted a temporary restraining order Friday to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support after she was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in Oakland, California. Alameda Superior Court judge Evelio Grillo gave the famil... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - December 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Girl had fears before tonsillectomy that left her brain dead
Jahi McMath's family plans to file injunction to keep girl on life support despite experts saying she has no chance for recovery (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

When routine surgeries go wrong
When Nailah Winkfield took her daughter to Children's Hospital & Research Center in Oakland, California, for a tonsillectomy, she thought it would be a short stay. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news