[HSF] More Bad News About Trasylol

[prasannasimha]

Claudia where are you ?
She had made some comments about Aprotinin use in the CCM list. I think 
she can enlighten us on the precise and logical use of Aprotinin from a 
hematological viewpoint rather than the blunderbuss usage which seems to 
be the hallmark of cardiac surgery :-) .
Prasanna

Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> Prasanna,
>   We haven't heard from Claudia, our in house hematologist, in  awhile.  
> Perhaps she can comment.  However, my impression is that the  blood bank, at least 
> in the U.S., is about as safe as it has ever been.  I  agree that new blood 
> borne diseases may arise in the future, but the risk of  aprotinin-associated 
> ATN is immediate and real.  
> Hal
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