How good patient blood management leads to excellent outcomes in Jehovah's witness patients undergoing cardiac surgery | Zendy

Maximilian Y. Emmert | Zendy; Sacha P. Salzberg | Zendy; Oliver M. Theusinger | Zendy; C. Félix | Zendy; André Plass | Zendy; Simon P. Hoerstrup | Zendy; Volkmar Falk | Zendy; Juerg Gruenenfelder | Zendy

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How good patient blood management leads to excellent outcomes in Jehovah's witness patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Author(s) -

Maximilian Y. Emmert,

Sacha P. Salzberg,

Oliver M. Theusinger,

C. Félix,

André Plass,

Simon P. Hoerstrup,

Volkmar Falk,

Juerg Gruenenfelder

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1510/icvts.2010.242552

Subject(s) - medicine , hydroxyethyl starch , hematocrit , cardiopulmonary bypass , surgery , cardiac surgery , blood management , blood transfusion , fresh frozen plasma , aortic dissection , myocardial infarction , anesthesia , platelet , cardiology , aorta

The refusal of blood products makes open-heart surgery in Jehovah's witnesses (JW) an ethical challenge. We demonstrate how patient blood management strategies lead to excellent surgical outcomes.

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