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'''Spiro Nikolouzos''' (1936 – May 30, 2005) was a [[Texas]] man incapacitated from bleeding related to a [[cerebral shunt]], whose care was the subject of an appeal of The [[Texas Futile Care Law]].<br />
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Nikolouzos was hospitalized on February 10, 2005, at [[St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital]], [[Houston, Texas]], and was in a [[persistent vegetative state]]. He was fed through a [[gastric feeding tube]] and respirated by a [[ventilator]]. The [[hospital]] wished to discontinue [[life support]], allowing Nikolouzos to die. His family opposed this action and claimed the hospital's decision was related to the fact that Nikolouzos's [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] funding was running out, a contention denied by the hospital.<br />
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Under the 1999 [[Advance Directives Act]] (also known as The [[Texas Futile Care Law]]), the hospital may override the family's wishes in such a matter should an [[Institutional Review Board|ethics committee]] clear such an action. However, Nikolouzos's family won an emergency [[injunction]] preventing the removal of the life support apparatus, and on March 21, 2005, Spiro Nikolouzos was removed to [[Avalon Place]] [[nursing home|Nursing Home]] in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. Avalon Place had rejected his application nine days earlier.<br />
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Nikolouzos subsequently died at Avalon on May 30, 2005.<br />
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The precedent set by the case of [[Sun Hudson]] may have helped to expedite the removal of Nikolouzos from artificial respiration prior to the move.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Advance Directives Act]]<br />
* [[Futile care law]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3094699 Houston Chronicle article detailing Mr. Nikolouzos's move to Avalon Place]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406082038/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7201470/ MSNBC article providing background information on Mr. Nikolouzos's condition and his family's emergency injunction]<br />
* [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3084934 First Houston Chronicle article detailing Mr. Nikolouzos's family's injunction and the precedent of Sun Hudson]<br />
* [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3087387 Second Houston Chronicle article detailing Mr. Nikolouzos's family's injunction and the precedent of Sun Hudson]<br />
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