Recombinant Factor VIIa for Bleeding in Non-hemophiliac Pediatric Patients.

Objective: To evaluate the use of recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) for the treatment of bleeding in nonhemophiliac children.

Methods: This was a retrospective chart review of all patients < 18 years of age who received rFVIIa over a 2 year period.

Results: Twenty-four pediatric patients received a total of 240 doses of rFVIIa for treatment of bleeding.

Blast-induced neurotrauma in whales.

A majority of investigations on primary blast injuries have focused on gas-containing organs, while the likelihood of blast-induced neurotrauma remains underrated. In Norway minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) are hunted using small fishing boats rigged with harpoon guns, which fire harpoons tipped with a grenade containing a charge of 30-g penthrite. The grenade detonates 60-70 cm inside the animal.

A novel method for in situ fixation of whale brains.

A new method of in situ formalin fixation was used on 38 brains from minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). The method was developed because traditional ways of fixing brains are poorly suited to the collection of whale brains. The whole brain was preserved uncut in its meninges and then excised undamaged from the skull at a later opportunity.

High velocity projectiles for killing whales. Hunting trials using 20 mm high velocity projectiles for minke whales in 1982.

Norway was requested by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to explore the use of high-velocity projectiles to replace cold harpoon as killing device for minke whales ( 1980). Tests of suitable high-velocity projectiles for minke whales were therefore initiated in 1982 as part of a wider project with the purpose of studying alternative killing methods to the traditional cold harpoon used in the Norwegian minke whale hunt until 1984 ( 1995). The results of the trials have previously been presented in unpublished reports to the IWC ( 1982, 1983, 1992).