Liver transplantation in Jehovah's Witnesses: two cases report / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
; : 350-355, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
Liver transplantation is especially challenging in patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses because their religious beliefs prohibit the receipt of blood products. We present two cases of living donor liver transplantation performed in adult Jehovah's Witnesses in South Korea without the use of blood products. In the first case, preoperative erythropoiesisstimulation therapy increased hemoglobin levels from 8.1 to 13.1 g/dl after 9 weeks. In the second case, hemoglobin levels increased from 7.4 to 10.8 g/dl after 6 months of erythropoiesis-stimulation therapy. With the combination of acute normovolemic hemodilution, intraoperative cell salvage, and use of transfusion alternatives, liver transplantation was successfully performed without transfusion of blood products.
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主要主题:
Religion
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Liver Transplantation
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Living Donors
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures
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Operative Blood Salvage
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Hemodilution
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Korea
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Liver
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Adult
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Humans
国家/地区名称主题:
Asia
语言:
En
期刊:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
年:
2017
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Article