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Just because a patient is losing whole blood does not necessarily mean that whole blood is what he should get in replacement. Yet, because of difficulties in collecting blood, separating it into its component fractions and then storing them, whole blood is what he gets in 97% of the millions of transfusions performed annually in the U.S. This is not only wasteful: it is no longer nec essary. Whereas the red cells in whole blood previously would not keep for more than 21 days, they can now be frozen and stored indefinitely. So can other blood components...
...last resort of the non-achiever." This is simply to say what has always been known-that dirty words are not always to be taken literally. As Dr. Hartogs prefers to put it in psychiatric jargon: "Even the crudest obscenities are sometimes circuitous in terms of the patient's true intent." Or the doctor's. Years ago, in his celebrated essay 'Lars Porsena...
...current level, and to reduce all diagnostic exposures to 10%, is already perfected and on the market. The fault, said Dr. Morgan, lies in poor techniques, the use of improper (usually old) equipment, the lack of concern by doctors, dentists and technicians for the radiation protection of the patient and their lack of training, and the lack of effective regulation by the states...
...cases," said Dr. Morgan, "the exposures are actually given by nurses, secretaries and even by temporary employees such as typists who operate the machines part time. In many of the states, no training or experience is required of the doctor before he uses his X-ray equipment on the patient. The person who exposes our children to X rays must have his automobile inspected periodically and must have a driver's license before he can operate it. Yet the X-ray machine he operates may be obsolete and may fail to meet minimum standards, and he may have little...
Last week Dr. Eagleson told the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine about the improvisation and later improvements. The surfboard is made from two pieces of plywood hinged together and covered with foam rubber. The bedsore patient lies on it face down, with his legs at an angle of about 20° from the vertical, and the upper part of his body only 25° to 35° from the horizontal. In this position, patients on surfboards can read and eat more comfortably. Their old bedsores heal without surgery, and new sores do not develop. Boudreaux has perfected his board...