TRANSFUSION AND JEHOVAH-WITNESS PATIENTS - ATTITUDES OF DOCTORS IN A FRENCH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN 1995

Authors
GOUEZEC H BALLAY JL LECOULS H MALLEDANT Y
Citation
H. Gouezec et al., TRANSFUSION AND JEHOVAH-WITNESS PATIENTS - ATTITUDES OF DOCTORS IN A FRENCH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN 1995, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 15(7), 1996, pp. 1121-1123
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
15
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1121 - 1123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1996)15:7<1121:TAJP-A>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of physicians (ana esthetists + other doctors + surgeons) towards Jehovah's witness patie nts refusing blood transfusion. Such a situation is not uncommon: 79% of respondents uncountered it. For scheduled surgery in adults, 75% of these physicians (54% of anaesthetists) would accept to take care of these patients. In case of emergency or unforeseen indication for tran sfusion, 54% of these physicians (72% of anaesthetists) would administ er blood, despite a written transfusion refusal. These figures would b e 95 and 97% respectively in children.