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Successful Management of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Jehovah’s Witness: An Individualized Approach With Joint Decision-Making

Journal of Patient Experience, 2020
The management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) presents a unique challenge in individuals who are unable to accept plasma due to religious beliefs, given that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the standard of care. A 61-year-old Jehovah’s
Ming Y Lim MBB. Chir., Charles S Greenberg MD   +1 more
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Blood transfusion in children: the refusal of Jehovah’s Witness parents’

Open Medicine, 2018
In Italy, both parents have parental responsibility; as a general principle they have the power to give or withhold consent to medical procedures on their children, including consent for blood transfusion; however these rights are not absolute and exist ...
Conti Adelaide, Capasso Emanuele, Casella Claudia, Fedeli Piergiorgio, Salzano Francesco Antonio, Policino Fabio, Terracciano Lucia, Delbon Paola   +7 more
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The Jehovah’s Witness obstetric patient – a literature review

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2019
The patient’s right to refuse blood transfusion must be honoured in case of its clear expression. Some special pharmacologic and/or surgical procedures can be useful in a Jehovah Witness (JW) parturient.
Aleksandra Rajewska, Wioletta Mikołajek-Bedner, Małgorzata Sokołowska, Joanna Lebdowicz, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Andrzej Torbè   +5 more
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Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witness patients: A review. [PDF]

Perfusion, 2021
Objective: To review current literature evidence on outcomes of cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s Witness patients. Methods: A comprehensive electronic literature search was done from 2010 to 20th August 2020 identifying articles that discussed optimisation ...
Chambault AL, Brown LJ, Mellor S, Harky A.   +3 more
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Outcomes in cardiac surgery in 500 consecutive Jehovah's Witness patients: 21 year Experience

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2012
Background Refusal of heterogenic blood products can be for religious reasons as in Jehovah's Witnesses or otherwise or as requested by an increasing number of patients.
Vaislic Claude D, Dalibon Nicolas, Ponzio Oliver, Ba Maguette, Jugan Eric, Lagneau Franck, Abbas Philippe, Olliver Yves, Gaillard Didier, Baget Francois, Sportiche Michel, Chedid Antoine, Chaoul Georges, Maribas Philippe, Dupuy Christiane, Robine Bruno, Kasanin Nicolas, Michon Herve, Ruat Jean-Michel, Habis Michel, Bouharaoua Touhami   +20 more
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Salvage for Postpartum Massive Haemorrhage in a Jehovah's Witness with Intravenous Iron Therapy and Cell Saver System.

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, 2022
Intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) system performs autologous transfusion by filtering and reinfusing the shed blood into corporeal circulation during the surgery.
T. Sivrikoz, Ç. K. Isguder, Muhterem Melis Canturk, M. O. Sungur, S. Beşışık   +4 more
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Safety and feasibility of urological procedures in Jehovah’s Witness patients

International journal of urology, 2021
To describe the safety and feasibility of urological transfusion‐free surgeries in Jehovah’s Witness patients.
Jullet Han, H. Ahmadi, S. Ladi-Seyedian, T. Clifford, A. Douglawi, Willem Xu, S. Bazargani, Samuel Mingo, D. Thangathurai, S. Daneshmand, H. Djaladat   +10 more
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Safety of bloodless autologous stem cell transplantation in Jehovah's Witness patients. [PDF]

Bone Marrow Transplant, 2020
Due to the curative potential and improvement in progression-free survival (PFS), high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is considered the standard of care for several hematologic malignancies, such as multiple ...
Beck A, Lin R, Reza Rejali A, Rubens M, Paquette R, Vescio R, Merin N, Guerrero M, Federizo Y, Lua M, Uy L, Hernandez L, Allred M, Legaspi R, Leaverton M, Oliva S, Castillo R, Dean L, Bourke J, Cooper S, Gharapetian S, Causin J, Lopiccolo C, Ann Snoussi L, VanStrien P, Lill M, Linhares YP.   +26 more
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Jehovah’s Witness survives severe favism complications: Advance provisions of treatment and new challenges for the physicians

Emergency Care Journal, 2021
The management of an acute hemolytic event in a patient suffering from favism is based on transfusion support to ensure adequate tissue oxygenation. If this measure could not be pursued, in case of severe anemia the risk of death from multiorgan failure ...
Massimo Salvetti, Sara Capellini, Paola Delbon, Francesca Maghin, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Adelaide Conti   +5 more
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Blood Conservation Strategy during Cardiac Valve Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses: a Comparative Study with Non-Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Background: We compared the clinical outcomes of cardiac valve surgery in adult Jehovah’s Witness patients refusing blood transfusion to those in non-Jehovah’s Witness patients without any transfusion limitations. Methods: From 2005 to 2014, 25 Jehovah’s
Tae Sik Kim, Jong Hyun Lee, Chan-Young Na   +2 more
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