Management of anaesthesia for Jehovah's Witnesses
โ Scribed by M. D. D. Bell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 399 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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## Background: Several diverse strategies have been recommended to manage jehovah's witness patients undergoing surgery when significant blood loss is expected. however, many of the proposed management strategies cannot be used when the urgent nature of the disease precludes adequate preoperative p
A case is described in which a Jehovah's Witness patient who refused blood transfusion suffered massive antepartum haemorrhage, her haemoglobin falling as low as 2.0โg.dl^โ1^. She was treated on an intensive care unit with intermittent positive pressure ventilation and general supportive measures, p