[2094] in Central_America
New quotes for Thu Jan 4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 4 01:32:59 1990
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 01:34:40 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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celine (Who Drugged Thumper?):
Approximately 25 grad school applications to go.
I guess I should start panicking now.
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
"I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad."
-- Lyrics by Oedipus Rex
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mar (Mark A. Rosenstein):
The man who says he knows everything marries his mother.
- Sinister Basa Proverb
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needle (Joseph):
Type O
can be used for emergency transfusions since 85% of the population can
safely receive O positive red blood cells, and 100% can receive O negative
red blood cells (the universal donor blood). Because type O is also
the most prevalent blood type (49%), it is used most frequently for
routine transfusions.
Type A
blood is used for routine transfusions to type A patients, which are
the next most prevalent after type O patients. Approximately 32% of
the population has A positive blood and 5% has A negative. The plasma
from type A blood is particularly rich in clotting factors used to
treat bleeding disorders such as hemophilia.
Type AB
red blood cells are used by very few patients (about 4%). However,
the plasma from type AB donors is very valuable, since it can be given
safely to any patient for emergency transfuion needs, regardless of
their blood type. Type AB plasma is also used for transfusions to
newborn babies; a single donation may be divided among several
infants.
Type B
blood is needed for routine transfusions to type B patients, who
represent approximately one-tenth of those transfused.
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sthumble (Stephen T Humble):
Zippy sez:
Do you guys know we just passed thru a BLACK HOLE in space?
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tjcoppet (Tom Coppeto):
you may think I'm crazy..
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