LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION FOR FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS

Authors
SEU P NEELANKANTA G CSETE M OLTHOFF KM RUDICH S KINKHABWALA M IMAGAWA DK MARTIN P SHACKLETON CR BUSUTTIL RW
Citation
P. Seu et al., LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION FOR FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS, Clinical transplantation, 10(5), 1996, pp. 404-407
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Transplantation
Journal title
Clinical transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
09020063
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
404 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0902-0063(1996)10:5<404:LFFHIA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Jehovah's Witness patients who refuse transfusions have generally not been felt to be candidates for liver transplantation owing to the freq uent 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 Jehov ah's Witness. The surgical and anesthetic strategies employed in achie ving a successful outcome are discussed.