[Mortality after high-risk surgery in Jehovah's Witness patients].

CONCLUSION: Given optimal management JW patients can undergo major surgery without an excessive risk of death. The 6.6% in-hospital mortality observed in this institution was in the range of the 4% generally observed after surgery in Europe. The majority of JW patients accepted a variety of blood conservation strategies following appropriate elucidation. This also included coagulation factor concentrates extracted from human plasma enabling an effective treatment of even severe bleeding complications. In this analysis postoperative hemoglobin concentrations below 6 g/dl in older JW patients were associated with a high mortality risk due to anemia.
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Source: Der Anaesthesist - June 23, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Habler O, Thörner M, Schmidt C, Hofmann P, Döbert U, Höhler M, Klingler S, Moog S, Oehme A, Schäufele M, Wege C, Voß B Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research