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Revista Ciencias Biomédicas
Article . 2012
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Major surgery, blood and jehovah’s witnesses

Authors: Poveda-Jaramillo Ricardo; De la Peña-Martínez Michael; Pérez-Guzmán Carlos;

Major surgery, blood and jehovah’s witnesses

Abstract

Introduction: Jehovah’s Witnesses are an orthodox group that refuses the administrationof any blood product based on some passages of the Bible. In case of majorsurgery, high risk of bleeding, blood products are therapeutic need. But religiousconditioning can pose special requirements.Objective: To present three cases and conduct review of therapeutic alternatives thatmay be offered to Jehovah’s Witness patientsundergoing major surgery at high riskof blood loss.Case report: Three cases of Jehovah’s Witnesses patients undergoing majorabdominal surgery for advanced malignancies.Conclusion: Jehovah’s Witnesses patients are a challenge for healthcare when they are undergoing surgery where significant blood loss willinevitably occur. Therapeutic options include: Pre-operative (provision of food andsupplements to promote erythropoiesis, erythropoietinadministration and selfdonation).Intra-operative (Desmopressin, controlled hypotension, adequate surgicaltechniques, acute normovolemichemodilution, aprotinin and tranexamic acid, reinfusionintraoperative oxygen carriers). Post-operative (reduction of blood loss).RESUMEN:Introducción: los Testigos de Jehová son una corriente ortodoxa que se rehúsa a laadministración de cualquier hemoderivado basados en algunos pasajes de la Biblia.En caso de cirugía mayor, con elevado riesgo de sangrado, los hemoderivados sonnecesidad terapéutica. Sin embargo condicionamientos religiosos pueden plantearexigencias especiales.Objetivo: presentar tres casos y realizar revisión de las alternativas terapéuticas quese pueden ofrecer a los pacientes Testigos de Jehová que se someten a cirugías mayorescon alto riesgo de perdidas sanguíneas.Caso clínico: tres casos de pacientes Testigos de Jehová sometidos a cirugía abdominalmayor por neoplasias avanzadas.Conclusión: los pacientes Testigos de Jehová son un reto para el profesional dela salud cuando son sometidos a cirugías en las cuales inevitablemente ocurrenpérdidas sanguíneas considerables. Las opciones terapéuticas comprenden: preoperatorio(provisión de alimentos y suplementos para favorecer la eritropoyesis,administración de eritropoyetina y auto-donación). Intra-operatorio (desmopresina,hipotensión controlada, adecuada técnica quirúrgica, hemodilución normovolémicaaguda, aprotinina y ácido tranexamico, re-infusión intraoperatoria, transportadores deoxígeno). Post-operatorio (reducción de las pérdidas de sangre).

Keywords

Medicine (General), R5-920, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Therapeutics., Anesthesia, bleeding

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