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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 +9 more
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Liver transplantation in Jehovah's witnesses [PDF]
, 2004 peer reviewedFor religious reasons, Jehovah's witnesses refuse transfusion of blood products (red cells, platelets, plasma), but may accept organ transplantation.
De Roover, Arnaud +17 more
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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 +3 more
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Consent for anaesthesia: guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists
Anaesthesia, EarlyView.Summary Introduction Guidelines on consent for anaesthesia were first issued by the Association of Anaesthetists in 1999 and last revised in 2017. These new guidelines respond to the changing ethical, legal and clinical landscape in which anaesthetists practice. Since 2017, the Montgomery judgment has changed medical consent practice.
Andrew McLeod +14 more
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Short term outcomes after cardiac surgery in a Jehovah's Witness population: an institutional experience [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Minimising blood transfusion has a number of medical and logistical benefits, and is of particular importance for followers of the Jehovah's Witness faith.
B. Haluska +13 more
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in a Jehovah's Witness [PDF]
, 1996 Jehovah's Witness patients who refuse transfusions have generally not been felt to be candidates for liver transplantation owing to the frequent requirement for blood transfusions during liver transplantation. This is the first report to our knowledge of
Olthoff, K M +10 more
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Jehovah's Witness Transfused Without Consent: A Canadian Case [PDF]
, 1989 Last year the Ontario High Court held a doctor liable in damages for giving an unconscious patient a life-saving blood transfusion. The patient carried a card stating that she was a Jehovah's Witness and the doctor saw the card before deciding to give ...
Brahams, Diana
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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 +5 more
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Pseudoaneurysm with risk of imminent rupture in Jehovah’s Witness patient
Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2022 Emergency surgery for vascular trauma is associated with a high risk of bleeding, which often requires blood transfusions. We present the case of a patient with gunshot injury with pseudoaneurysms of the giant femoral artery with skin dissection and ...
Miguel A. Sierra-Juárez +2 more
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