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Jehovah's Witness [PDF]

, 1975
Masarik, Albert
openaire   +3 more sources

Management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura without plasma exchange: the Jehovah's Witness experience.

Blood Advances, 2017
TTP in Jehovah's Witness patients has been managed successfully without PEX.This experience, plus new TTP treatments, may make it possible for patients who are not Jehovah's Witnesses to avoid PEX in the future.
J. George, S. A. Sandler, J. Stankiewicz
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Liver transplantation in Jehovah’s witnesses: 13 consecutive cases at a single institution

BMC Anesthesiology, 2020
Background Jehovah’s Witnesses represent a tremendous clinical challenge when indicated to liver transplantation because they refuse blood transfusion on religious grounds and the procedure is historically associated with potential massive peri-operative
Diego Costanzo, Maria Bindi, Davide Ghinolfi, Massimo Esposito, Francesco Corradi, Francesco Forfori, Paolo De Simone, Andrea De Gasperi, Gianni Biancofiore   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of postoperative clinical outcomes in Jehovah's Witness patients who receive prothrombin complex concentrate during cardiac surgery

Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020
Patients who refuse allogeneic blood transfusions (alloBT) on the basis of religious doctrine, such as Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs), can pose a challenge when undergoing surgical procedures.
Jesse E Harris, S. Varnado, E. Herrera, E. Salazar, A. Carmine Colavecchia   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Case report: The management of advanced oral cancer in a Jehovah's Witness using the Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011
We present the first case of a head and neck oncological procedure accomplished in a Jehovah's Witness using the Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel (Ethicon, Cincinnati, OH).
Weerakkody Ruwan, Sorenson Kristian, Kullar Peter J, Adams James   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aortic valve replacement and repair of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a Jehovah's Witness

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2013
The preoperative and surgical management of a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm(LVP) associated with aortic valve replacement in a 76 year old male Jehovah's Witness patient is reported. The satisfactory recovery observed in this patient demonstrates
Andrea Perrotti, Claude Vaislic, Sidney Chocron   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical and legal duty of anesthesiologists regarding Jehovah's Witness patient: care protocol

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
Background and objectives: Jehovah's Witnesses patients refuse blood transfusions for religious reasons. Anesthesiologists must master specific legal knowledge to provide care to these patients.
Augusto Key Karazawa Takaschima, Thiago Mamôru Sakae, Alexandre Karazawa Takaschima, Renata dos Santos Teodoro Takaschima, Breno José Santiago Bezerra de Lima, Roberto Henrique Benedetti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and outcomes of pediatric oncology patients at risk for guardians declining transfusion of blood components

Cancer Reports, 2023
Background Transfusion of blood products is a necessary part of successful delivery of myelosuppressive regimens in pediatric cancer. There is a paucity of literature characterizing outcomes or management of pediatric patients with cancer when ...
Jason Stevenson, Nicholas P. DeGroote, Frank Keller, Katharine E. Brock, D. John Bergsagel, Tamara P. Miller, Patricia Cornwell, Ross Fasano, Satheesh Chonat, Sharon M. Castellino   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes from cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witness patients: experience over twenty-one years

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2016
BackgroundCardiac surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses may be challenging during the operation and postoperative period given their refusal of blood products.
S. Marinakis, P. Van der Linden, Redente Tortora, J. Massaut, C. Pierrakos, P. Wauthy   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Jehovah’s Witness with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Successfully Treated with an Epigenetic Drug, Azacitidine: A Clue for Development of Anti-AML Therapy Requiring Minimum Blood Transfusions

Case Reports in Hematology, 2014
Therapy for acute leukemia in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients is very challenging because of their refusal to accept blood transfusions, a fundamental supportive therapy for this disease.
Yumi Yamamoto, Akihito Kawashima, Eri Kashiwagi, Kiyoyuki Ogata   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source