Liver transplantation in Jehovah's Witnesses: two cases report / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 350-355, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-158002
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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Main subject:
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
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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