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We've been waiting for the next generation of blood substitute.....my concern with 'cultured' blood is the expense and stability....this blood will likely have to be refrigerated just like regular banked blood and have a short shelf life like regular donated blood. Not the best for battlefield resuscitations. That's why the artificial blood products were so promising: 6 month shelf life or longer and no temperature issues.
We will wait and see........
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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