The saga of 'artificial blood'

Er, González

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Section: Methods Of Reducing Intraoperative Methods Of Blood Lossunclassified

“…There is interpatient variability regarding the viewpoints on these products and procedures. [15] Use of hetastarch,[16] large dose intravenous iron dextran injections,[1718] Fluosol DA[19] and the sonic scalpel[20] are promising and are not against religious beliefs of JW. However, large volumes of hetastarch may have adverse effect on coagulation.…”

Section: Current Policy and Practice Of Watchtower And Bible Tract Somentioning

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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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Section: Methods Of Reducing Intraoperative Methods Of Blood Lossunclassified

Section: Current Policy and Practice Of Watchtower And Bible Tract Somentioning

confidence: 99%

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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Jehovah's Witnesses

Dixon¹

1981

JAMA

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Physicians face a special challenge in treating Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this faith have deep religious convictions against accepting homologous or autologous whole blood, packed RBCs, WBCs, or platelets. Many will allow the use of (non-blood-prime) heart-lung, dialysis, or similar equipment if the extracorporeal circulation is uninterrupted. Medical personnel need not be concerned about liability, for Witnesses will take adequate legal steps to relieve liability as to their informed refusal of blood. They accept nonblood replacement fluids. Using these and other meticulous techniques, physicians are performing major surgery of all types on adult and minor Witness patients. A standard of practice for such patients has thus developed that accords with the tenet of treating the "whole person'.

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Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses

Wong

Jenkins

1989

Can J Anaesth

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The saga of 'artificial blood'

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

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

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