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Treatment of acute leukaemia in adult Jehovah's Witnesses

open access: yesBritish Journal of Haematology, 2019
Since Jehovah’s Witness (JW) patients diagnosed with leukaemia refuse blood transfusions, they are often denied intensive chemotherapy for fear they could not survive myeloablation without blood transfusion support.
Firas El Chaer, K. Ballen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trauma and early blood transfusion: the challenging hemorrhage management in Jehovah's Witnesses.

open access: yesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2018
The management of patients, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, who refuse to receive blood transfusions, is often a medical challenge, not only because of the ethical dilemma, but also because it creates a major obstacle to rapid hemorrhage control in a ...
Giacomo Lamarão Lima, Jonas Byk
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesWorld 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tratamiento basado en sangre en pacientes Testigos de Jehová, conflicto ético-médico-legal

open access: yesRevista Médica Hondureña
Blood-based treatment in Jehovah‘s Witnesses is an important issue regarding the duties and rights of patients and doctors. The legal and ethical framework regarding this conflict was discussed to propose ethical and legal solutions.
Ileana Paola Ramírez Bonilla
doaj   +1 more source

Major abdominal surgery for Jehovah's Witnesses: Challenge while practicing bloodless medicine in a middle income country. [PDF]

open access: yesSAGE Open Med Case Rep, 2023
Gavrilovska-Brzanov A   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

open access: yesResearch 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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