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S A Hall

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An analysis of dilemmas posed by prehospital DNR orders.

This article briefly recounts the development of the prehospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order and indicates certain situations, such as a choking episode or a suicide attempt, in which the presence of a DNR order may provoke a moral dilemma for the emergency medical technician as to whether or not the patient should be treated. An ethical analysis of this question is performed and concludes that resuscitative treatment is ethical and mandatory.

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Platelet-directed antibody in the serum of patients with primary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Utilizing two platelet antibody assay systems, flow cytometric analysis and a microcytotoxicity assay, it was possible to demonstrate for the first time platelet-directed antibody in the sera of three of six patients with primary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. These results lend support for an immune-mediated pathologic process in some patients with this disorder.

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