DEFICIENCY IN BLOOD
Purchase Of Human Fibrinogen The purchase of a supply of human fibrinogen for emergency use, it to be retained in the blood bank for the Christchurch area, was approved by the North Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday. In rare cases, women lacked fibrinogen, the natural constituent of the blood, the Medical Superintendent (Dr. T. Morton) said after the meeting. In particular, they might bleed to death, as the blood would not clot without fibrinogen. If blood was drawn off such patients it would not clot. In such cases, human fibrinogen was given into a vein or human whole blood was transfused, although it was quicker and more satisfactory to inject fibrinogen, said Dr. Morton.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28700, 25 September 1958, Page 7
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