Anesthesia for a Jehovah's Witness with a Low Hematocrit

Lorhan, Paul H.; Burch, Jerome

doi:10.1097/00000542-196807000-00036

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“….-\naemia and blood replacement may also be a complicating factor in surgery on patients belonging to the J ehovah' s \Vitness Faith (Rawstron 1961 1974) and a successful emergency gastrectomy is reported on a Believer with a haemoglobin level of ]:~ per cent of normal (Lorhan and Burch 1968).…”

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Preoperative Haemoglobin Levels

Rawstron

1976

Anaesth Intensive Care

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It is a common practice in many anaesthetic centres throughout the world to require a iIIillilllUllt preoperativc haemoglobin level of 109/lOO ml of blood or more, but very few references are qlloted by writers on this subject. A search of relevant medical literature has been made in a 11 attempt to establish the origin and significance of the preoperative haemoglobin requirements Tt'COII/ mended.

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Section: (Iii) Blood Dyscrasias and Hypersplenismmentioning

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Preoperative Haemoglobin Levels

Rawstron

1976

Anaesth Intensive Care

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“…Good outcomes following emergency treatment in JW who were anemic have been reported by few outcome studies. [28] Major cardiac[26] and other elective surgery[2930] have been successfully performed in JW. But trauma surgery has its own limitations.…”

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Surgical management in treatment of Jehovah′s witness in trauma surgery in Indian subcontinent

Nishant¹,

Kumari²

2014

J Emerg Trauma Shock

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The Jehovah's Witness religion is a Christian movement, founded in the US in the 1870s, with 7 million followers worldwide with only 0.002% in India. There is minimal to complete absence of awareness about the existence of this community in our society. Astonishing is that fact that among medical professionals, there is almost no awareness about this unique population, regarding the fact that they completely refuse of blood transfusion even if it leads to their death. This is integral to their faith. Besides legal and ethical issues in treating these group of patients, the biggest challenge exist even in the western world is their management in trauma scenario where few options exist. We have discussed the issues and recommendations in management in trauma scenario in our Indian subcontinent.

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Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses

Wong

Jenkins

1989

Can J Anaesth

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Anesthesia for a Jehovah's Witness with a Low Hematocrit

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Preoperative Haemoglobin Levels

Preoperative Haemoglobin Levels

Surgical management in treatment of Jehovah′s witness in trauma surgery in Indian subcontinent

Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses

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