How to approach major surgery where patients refuse blood transfusion (including Jehovah's Witnesses).

MS Gohel, RA Bulbulia, FJ Slim, KR Poskitt… - Annals of the Royal …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Jehovah's Witnesses do not permit the use of allogeneic blood products. An increasing
number of patients are refusing blood transfusion for non-religious reasons. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cell salvage autotransfusion in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

S Shantikumar, S Patel, A Handa - European Journal of Vascular and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs, both elective and rupture, are
associated with significant blood loss often requiring transfusion. Cell-salvage …

Autologous versus allogeneic transfusion in aortic surgery: a multicenter randomized clinical trial

JCL Wong, F Torella, SL Haynes, K Dalrymple… - Annals of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) and
intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) in blood-conservation strategies for infrarenal aortic …

Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema in vascular surgery

R Pararajasingam, ML Nicholson, PRF Bell… - European journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, an early manifestation of the adult respiratory disease
syndrome, is a serious complication following major vascular surgery. Hypovolaemia …

Acute normovolemic hemodilution and intraoperative cell salvage in aortic surgery

F Torella, SL Haynes, CC Kirwan, AN Bhatt… - Journal of vascular …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: The objective of this study was to report current transfusion requirements and
outcomes in patients undergoing elective aortic surgery with autologous transfusion …

Limited intentional normovolemic hemodilution: ST-segment changes and use of homologous blood products in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis

L Herregods, A Moerman, L Foubert… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 1997 - Elsevier
Objective: To assess and compare the effects of limited intentional normovolemic
hemodilution (LINH) on ST-segment changes and to evaluate the need for homologous …

Acute normovolaemic haemodilution

J Gillon, M Desmond, MJG Thomas - Transfusion Medicine, 1999 - search.ebscohost.com
Assesses the information provided by research studies made on acute normovolemic
hemodilution (ANH) since the 1995 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh conference …

Preoperative erythropoietin administration in patients with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy without transfusion

BW Lee, MG Park, DY Cho… - Korean Journal of …, 2014 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose In this study, we administered erythropoietin preoperatively to patients who
underwent open radical prostatectomy without transfusion to increase their hemoglobin …

Adverse effects of cell saver in patients undergoing ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

H Posacioğlu, AZ Apaydin, F Islamoğlu… - Annals of vascular …, 2002 - Springer
A retrospective analysis of 56 patients undergoing ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA) repair was performed to find out if cell saver had any impact on postoperative …

The effect of acute normovolaemic haemodilution on blood transfusion requirements in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

L Wolowczyk, DR Lewis, M Nevin, FCT Smith… - European Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Objective to evaluate the impact of acute normovolaemic haemodilution (ANH) on the blood
transfusion requirements in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in a single …