X-Message-Number: 28739
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Hypertonic Saline (HTS)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:07:39 -0800

This (long) article, at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/548015 ,
requires a Medscape login, but I've had one for years and it's never
caused me a problem.  I get the Neurology Medpulse once a week, and
this article came across today:

Administering Hypertonic Saline to Patients With Severe Traumatic  
Brain Injury

I don't know how much use this might be to cryonics patients or
patients-soon-to-be, but this sentence caught my eye:

"HTS is attractive as a resuscitation fluid because it can help achieve
hemodynamic stabilization, which can optimize brain perfusion."

I wonderful if it might be useful in cryonic stabilization, or in
hospice situations.

Live long and prosper,
Kennita
--
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
none but ourselves can free our minds.
           -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song"

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