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Treatment of life‐threatening post‐haemorrhagic anaemia with cell‐free haemoglobin solution in an adolescent Jehovah's Witness
Author(s) -
Anton Natalie,
Hitzler Johann K.,
Kavanagh Brian P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03694.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood transfusion , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , witness , surgery , computer science , programming language
Summary. Severe blood loss carries an increased risk of a fatal outcome in patients who do not consent to the use of blood products. For patients who base this decision on a religious belief system, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, important distinctions may exist between the appropriateness of various blood products. We describe the first successful use of purified human cell‐free haemoglobin solution in a paediatric patient, in this case in the management of life‐threatening anaemia in a 14‐year‐old female Jehovah's Witness with immune thrombocytopenia.