huh, got it off an alert the news.google site and it didn't need a login then. Here's a different version of the same AP story though.
The stuff you are talking about sounds a bit safer, loathe, but in my opinion a US senator has not business second-guessing what a battlefield medic thinks will save a patient's life. Yes, it's a dangerous tactic. Blood clots are dangerous as I know all too well. Still. If you are beeding to death and it gives you a shot at making the hospital, then you know what, a PE is survivable. Associated Press Probe Urged on Blood-Clotting Drug Use Associated Press 11.30.06, 6:02 PM ET Popular Videos Wozniak Sets The Record Straight Woz, Jobs & Apple The CEO Of Video Gamers Hot Toys You Can Still Find Toying With Elmo TMX And More Most Popular Stories India's Powerful Dilemma Most Expensive Ski Homes 2006 Splitting Stock Options In A Divorce YouTube's Doppelganger Vista Bloats Up Two U.S. senators are calling for a military probe of the use of a blood-clotting drug on wounded troops in Iraq, after reports of life-threatening clots following its use. The Defense Department should track all patients who receive the drug, Factor VII, on the battlefield to determine whether they are more prone to blood clots or other complications, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said in a letter to Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. "We need to know if the long-term risks of this drug pose a greater danger to our service member's lives than can be justified by the short-term benefits," Mikulski said in a letter sent Wednesday. Melissa Schwartz, a Mikulski spokeswoman, said the senator's office had not received a reply as of Thursday morning. "I have no indication how fast we are going to hear," Schwartz said. Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said a series of articles by The (Baltimore) Sun on the military's use of the drug prompted him to seek answers from the Pentagon. "The safety of our troops is the top priority and my office is discussing the serious findings reported in The Baltimore Sun with the Defense Department," Durbin said in a statement. The military has justified the use of the drug, originally designed to treat rare forms of hemophilia, by saying it gives front-line doctors a way to control often fatal bleeding. Wounded troops requiring transfusions of 10 or more units of blood have a 25 percent to 50 percent chance of dying from their injuries, they note. Military doctors in Iraq have injected it into more than 1,000 patients, and doctors at military hospitals in Germany and the United States have reported unusual and sometimes fatal blood clots in soldiers from Iraq. Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the Army's surgeon general, sent a letter to The Sun saying the use of the drug has been mischaracterized. "This product is used on a case-by-case basis, in specific circumstances as ordered by the physician, to control life-threatening bleeding," Kiley wrote. "It saves the lives of our most severely injured troops." Meanwhile, a group of seven scientists and physicians who specialize in hematology and blood-clotting have written an editorial for an upcoming issue of the journal Applied and Clinical Thrombosis/Hemostasis saying there are "rightful concerns" about the use of the drug. "Our soldiers are already in great danger and the availability of a lifesaving drug such as (Factor VII) is welcome," the editorial said. "It is, however, equally important to recognize and investigate the reported adverse reactions with its use to avoid additional risk to these Army personnel." Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md., said he had confidence in the decision-making abilities of military doctors. "It would be very nice to have some definitive study of the risks and benefits of using the drug prophylactically, and I hope that kind of research will be done," said Bartlett, a former professor of physiology at Howard University's College of Medicine. "But this war won't wait for that, and we have to let these doctors make their own judgment calls about what is necessary to save these soldiers." Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/11/30/ap3218356.html On 12/1/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't read it as it requires a log in. > > However, I can tell a story about the Army, and you know I love to do that. > > When we first deployed to Afghanistan we had what is called "quick clot". > It's a powder that you can sprinkle on wounds that causes a chemical burn in > order to cauterize a wound. About half way through they took them away > because some idiot had used it messing around and burned the hell out of > someone. > > Thankfully I never had a call to use the stuff. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:36 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: this is bullshit > > > > 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:221553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
