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KMID : 0374920130340010251
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Inje Medical Journal
2013 Volume.34 No. 1 p.251 ~ p.257
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Experience of a Bloodless Operation and Care for Jehovah’s Witness
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Han Seon-Uk
Kim Min-Chul
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Abstract
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The Jehovah's Witness religion is a Christian movement, founded in North America in the 1870s. Members of this faith have strong beliefs based upon passages from the Bible that are interpreted as prohibiting the ‘consumption’ of blood. Their beliefs prevent them from accepting transfusion of whole blood or its primary components. Bloodless operation in the Jehovah's Witness patient presents a challenge to the anesthetic and surgical team. The problems associated with their management highlight a growing health-care issue?the supply, safety and appropriate use of blood products. Techniques learnt from treating them may prove benefit to all patients undergoing major surgery. Accordingly we report a case of Jehovah's Witness patient who had massive bleeding after surgery. The case was a 49-year-old woman who underwent a total thymectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. After the operation, her hemoglobin level were nearly 2.1 g/dl. She died on the 1st postoperative day in spite of massive fluid transfusion, the use of inotropic agents and enhancement of red blood cell production.
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KEYWORD
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Bloodless operation, Jehovah's Witness
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