oh I am very much in favor of research into the role of factor VII in the clotting cascade! It would benefit me as well, probably.
But having a Senate hearing on why it's being administered? It's being administered because it seems to save soldier's livesthat would otherwise be lost! By the way, the story says it's a drug, but I think that's wrong. I think it's a protein like factor v and factor viii. Dana On 12/1/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the doctors are still administering it in the field...so at present > time, no one is lying bleeding while being withheld this medicine. > > I got no problem with additional studies continuing to determine if the drug > is safe. If continued studies and field experiences confirm a .2% mortality > rate...then like you I think that's well within reason. But let's find out > for sure. > > On 12/1/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > they have had two deaths and they have used it 1000 times. That's a > > mortality rate of 0.2% which is actually quite good as major medical > > interventions go. Especially of tey are only giving it to people in > > danger of bleeding to death. > > > > If you are looking at a likelihood of dying soon wouldn't odds of 998 > > to 2 in your favor look pretty damn good? > > > > And now we have lawmakers who are not medical people talking about > > holding hearings on why doctors are doing this. > > > > Doh. > > > > On 12/1/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not sure what you think is bullshit....if this drug is shown to have a > > high > > > risk for potentially life-threatening side affects, we should probably > > look > > > for something else to be using shouldn't we??? > > > > > > An emergency fix isn't much good if it just delays the person's death a > > few > > > weeks. > > > > > > On 11/30/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-na-blood30nov30,1,902810.story?coll=la-health-medicine&ctrack=1&cset=true > > > > > > > > gee the guy is bleeding to death, but let's not use the emergency fix > > > > for that because there's a 0.2% chance it might kill him later! > > > > > > > > GAWD. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there > > > > are to laugh at it. > > > > Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005 > > > > US TV host and Science Guy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
