[Perioperative bleeding in a Jehovah's Witness].

We report the case of a 45-year-old man, who refused to accept red blood cell concentrates by a patient directive. A postoperative bleeding occurred after removal of a transplanted kidney. Despite critically low hemoglobin (3.1 g/dl) and hematocrit (9.5%) levels, the case was managed without red blood cell transfusions. The patient showed an amazingly quick recovery and was discharged from hospital after 24 days without any sequelae. PMID: 29294161 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Der Anaesthesist - January 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Heschl S, Schörghuber M, Kröll W Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research