Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in a Jehovah's Witness
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Transplantation
- Vol. 10 (5) , 404-407
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0012.1996.tb00465.x
Abstract
Jehovah's Witness patients who refuse transfusions have generally not been felt to be candidates for liver transplantation owing to the frequent requirement for blood transfusions during liver transplantation. This is the first report to our knowledge of successful emergent liver transplantation without the use of blood or blood products in a Jehovah's Witness. The surgical and anesthetic strategies employed in achieving a successful outcome are discussed.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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