“Bloodless” Neurosurgery Among Jehovah's Witnesses: A Comparison with Matched Concurrent Controls

Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) are a Christian faith with >1 million members in the United States who do not accept autologous blood transfusions. The optimal management of these patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures is not well defined. Here, we examined the feasibility and safety of JW un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World neurosurgery Jg. 97; S. 132 - 139
Hauptverfasser:	Hardesty, Douglas A., Doerfler, Sean, Sandhu, Sukhmeet, Whitmore, Robert G., Ford, Patricia, Rushton, Scott, LeRoux, Peter D.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2017
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control Blood Transfusion - methods Brain Diseases - surgery Case-Control Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Hemoglobins - therapeutic use Humans Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witnesses - psychology Male Middle Aged Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Procedures - methods Retrospective Studies Spinal Cord Diseases - surgery Transfusion Hgb Transfusion Neurosurgery ANH JW Jehovah's Witness Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution World Health Organization Jehovah’s Witness Hemoglobin NIRS transfusion Near Infrared Spectroscopy WHO
ISSN:	1878-8750, 1878-8769, 1878-8769
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