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Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 1989 This is a retrospective study of the outcome of surgical procedures in patients who were Jehovah's Witnesses. Over a 75-month period, 58 Jehovah's Witness patients had 78 surgical procedures at the Vancouver General Hospital. Three patients had preexisting anaemia of less than 100 g.L-1 haemoglobin.
D H, Wong, L C, Jenkins
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Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports, 2021 Jehovah's Witnesses are known to decline transfusion of blood products. We present a case of an adult Jehovah's Witness with Philadelphia chromosome (pH)-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) managed successfully using less intensive ...
Erika Belinda.T. Chen +2 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 +2 more
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Jehovah's Witnesses in A&E [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2005 What are the rights of Jehovah’s Witnesses within the emergency department? Jehovah’s Witnesses of all ages who present to emergency departments requiring blood transfusion continue to pose significant ethical and legal dilemmas for clinicians. This arises from the perceived conflict between the clinician’s professional obligation and the legal rights
Beezhold, J, Foëx, B. A.
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We report the case of a Jehovah's Witness adolescent patient with immune‐mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after SARS‐Cov2 infection successfully treated without therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) using caplacizumab, corticosteroids, rituximab,
Teresa Marta Cardesa‐Salzmann +9 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020 Background Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse allogeneic blood transfusions, which makes cardiovascular surgery challenging. Surgeons must minimize blood and fluid loss within one procedure.
Kohei Sumi +3 more
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First Lung Transplantation in Jehovah’s Witness Patient in Latin America
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2020 Lung transplantation is a life-saving alternative for patients with end-stage lung disease. The procedure itself has a high risk of bleeding. Jehovah’s Witness patients refuse to accept blood products due to religious beliefs.
Liliana Fernandez-Trujillo +8 more
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood Transfusions: An Analysis of the Legal Protections Afforded to Adults and Children in European/English Human Rights Contexts [PDF]
, 2017 This article considers the degree to which the religious beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses are given consideration in European and English courts. Adults' refusal of blood transfusions, based upon religious belief, is examined within the context of European
Ó Néill, C
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017 Jehovah’s Witness patients pose a unique surgical challenge due to their refusal of transfusion of whole blood or major blood products. One of the surgical strategies is to offer the least invasive approach with the least likelihood of losing blood.
Medhat Y Fanous +3 more
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Les Témoins de Jéhovah : un mouvement religieux aux caractéristiques d’un mouvement social
Études Caribéennes, 2014 This article observes that Jehovah’s Witnesses share similarities with a social movement. The writer uses the descriptions that sociologists such as Alain Touraine and Herbert Blumer give of social movements.
Christophe Zamord
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