Cardiopulmonary bypass in Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept heterologous blood transfusion for religious reasons. Autologous transfusions are also rejected if there is no continuous contact between the circulation and the autologous blood. There is, therefore, the need to adopt methods which will avoid transfusion of he...

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Published inWest African journal of medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 92 - 94
Main Authors Frimpong-Boateng, K, Aniteye, E, Sereboe, L A, Amuzu, V O S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nigeria 01.01.2003
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Adult
Anemia - drug therapy
Anemia - therapy
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Blood Transfusion - psychology
Cardiopulmonary Bypass - methods
Child
Dietary Supplements
Erythropoietin - therapeutic use
Female
Heart Diseases - surgery
Hematinics - therapeutic use
Humans
Jehovah's Witnesses - psychology
Male
Preoperative Care - methods
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Summary:Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept heterologous blood transfusion for religious reasons. Autologous transfusions are also rejected if there is no continuous contact between the circulation and the autologous blood. There is, therefore, the need to adopt methods which will avoid transfusion of heterologous blood in elective cases as far as Jehovah's Witnesses are concerned. We report two cases where pre-operatively administration of nutritional supplements, haematenics, erythropoietin, antimalarials and the modification of the extra-corporeal circulation bypass circuit allowed successful open-heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass.
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ISSN:0189-160X