ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR HEMORRHAGIC SURGERY IN 2 JEHOVAH-WITNESS CHILDREN REJECTING PREOPERATIVE BLOOD DONATION

Authors
ROURE P HAYEM C DAOUD A
Citation
P. Roure et al., ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR HEMORRHAGIC SURGERY IN 2 JEHOVAH-WITNESS CHILDREN REJECTING PREOPERATIVE BLOOD DONATION, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 17(4), 1998, pp. 310-314
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
310 - 314
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1998)17:4<310:EFHSI2>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report two cases of haemorrhagic surgery in a 6-year-old and 16-yea r-old girl, respectively, whose parents were Jehovah's witnesses and t herefore opposed to preoperative blood donation, but accepting intraop erative blood salvage. Erythropoietin and intravenous iron were admini stered preoperatively to increase red cell mass. Intraoperative blood salvage, including normovolaemic haemodilution and intraoperative auto logous transfusion, avoided homologous blood transfusion. (C) 1998 Els evier, Paris.