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Preoperative Patient Evaluation and Transfusion Risk Assessment

Transfusion and coagulation management in liver transplantation. (opens new window)

Clevenger B, Mallett SV.

Source‎: World J Gastroenterol 2014;20(20):6146-58.

Indexed‎: PubMed 24876736

DOI‎: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6146

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876736 (opens new window)

The beneficial effects of minimizing blood loss in pancreatoduodenectomy. (opens new window)

Seykora TF, Ecker BL, McMillan MT, Maggino L, Beane JD, Fong ZV, Hollis RH, Jamieson NB, Javed AA, Kowalsky SJ, Kunstman JW, Malleo G, Poruk KE, Soares K, Valero V 3rd, Velu LKP, Watkins AA, Vollmer CM Jr; Pancreas Fistula Study Group

Source‎: Ann Surg 2019;270(1):147-57.

Indexed‎: PubMed 29489483

DOI‎: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002714

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489483 (opens new window)

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Subjects include: Clinical strategies for managing hemorrhage and anemia without blood transfusion, the religious and ethical position of Jehovah’s Witnesses on medical therapy, and the services Witnesses offer to the medical community through their worldwide network of Hospital Liaison Committees.

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Interview of Alfredo Guglielmi, M.D.

“Jehovah’s Witnesses have led us to be extremely cautious with the use of blood through good patient preparation, careful selection of the patient, careful management in the operating room with all the available blood conservation methods, and management of anemia prior to surgery.”