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Anesthetic management for ascending aorta replacement in a patient who refused autologous transfusion for religious reasons.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19685130     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report on the anesthetic management of a 69-year-old female Jehovah's Witness undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass to replace the ascending aorta; the patient refused transfusion of stored autologous or allogeneic blood products for religious reasons. The strategy involved preoperative hematopoiesis with recombinant human erythropoietin and iron, intraoperative acute normovolemic hemodilution, the use of a cell-saver system, administration of high-dose tranexamic acid, controlled hypotension, avoidance of low body temperature, simplification of the surgery, and lower blood dilution during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Authors:
Shinju Obara; Masayuki Nakagawa; Shinichiro Takahashi; Masahiko Akatu; Tsuyoshi Isosu; Masahiro Murakawa
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2009-08-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of anesthesia     Volume:  23     ISSN:  1438-8359     ISO Abbreviation:  J Anesth     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-17     Completed Date:  2009-12-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8905667     Medline TA:  J Anesth     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  436-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikari-gaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Anesthesia, General
Angioplasty
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Antifibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Aorta / surgery*
Blood Transfusion, Autologous*
Blood Volume
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Erythropoietin, Recombinant / therapeutic use
Female
Hematopoiesis / drug effects
Hemodilution
Heparin / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypotension, Controlled
Jehovah's Witnesses*
Tranexamic Acid / therapeutic use
Treatment Refusal
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticoagulants; 0/Antifibrinolytic Agents; 0/Erythropoietin, Recombinant; 1197-18-8/Tranexamic Acid; 9005-49-6/Heparin

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