The Medical journal of Australia
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Aboriginal communities and their health services should prepare together and in advance for caring for an HIV-infected person. Good social support will be the keystone to successful clinical management. Health care workers must look to Aboriginal people for the lead in developing appropriate responses.
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To establish the efficacy of transfusion of fresh unrefrigerated whole blood in surgical patients with ongoing massive bleeding despite adequate blood-component replacement therapy and adequate surgical haemostasis. ⋯ Our study provides preliminary evidence that there is a role for transfusion of fresh unrefrigerated whole blood in surgical patients with unresponsive life-threatening haemorrhage.