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Association between perioperative blood transfusions and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing bladder cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis study. (opens new window)

Cata JP, Lasala J, Pratt G, Feng L, Shah JB

Source‎: J Blood Transfus 2016;2016:9876394.

Indexed‎: PubMed 26942040

DOI‎: 10.1155/2016/9876394

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26942040/ (opens new window)

Blood transfusion is associated with increased perioperative morbidity and adverse oncologic outcomes in bladder cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy. (opens new window)

Chalfin HJ, Liu JJ, Gandhi N, Feng Z, Johnson D, Netto GJ, Drake CG, Hahn NM, Schoenberg MP, Trock BJ, Scott AV, Frank SM, Bivalacqua TJ

Source‎: Ann Surg Oncol 2016;23(8):2715-22.

Indexed‎: PubMed 27012987

DOI‎: 10.1245/s10434-016-5193-4

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27012987/ (opens new window)

Safety and feasibility of urological procedures in Jehovah's Witness patients. (opens new window)

Han J, Ahmadi H, Ladi-Seyedian SS, Clifford TG, Douglawi A, Xu W, Bazargani ST, Mingo S, Thangathurai D, Daneshmand S, Djaladat H

Source‎: Int J Urol 2022;29(1):83-8.

Indexed‎: PubMed 34642972

DOI‎: 10.1111/iju.14721

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34642972/ (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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The medical section of jw.org is designed as an informational resource primarily for use by clinicians and other health-care professionals. It provides neither medical advice nor treatment recommendations and does not substitute for an appropriately qualified health-care provider. The clinical literature cited is not published by Jehovah’s Witnesses, but it outlines transfusion-alternative strategies that might be considered. It is the responsibility of each qualified health-care provider to maintain awareness of new information, discuss options for care, and assist patients in making choices in accord with their medical condition, wishes, values, and beliefs. Not all listed strategies are appropriate or acceptable to all patients.

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