Use of recombinant human erythropoietin in a Jehovah's Witness

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi M. Koenig ◽  
Edward A. Levine ◽  
Daniel J. Resnick ◽  
William J. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Recombinant Human Erythropoietin ◽  
Jehovah’S Witness ◽  
Jehovah's Witness ◽  
Human Erythropoietin

Use of recombinant human erythropoietin to avoid blood transfusion in a Jehovah's Witness requiring hemispherectomy

1993 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Schiff ◽  
Steven L. Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Recombinant Human Erythropoietin ◽  
Recombinant Erythropoietin ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Jehovah’S Witness ◽  
Human Recombinant Erythropoietin ◽  
Jehovah's Witness ◽  
Human Erythropoietin ◽  
Witness Patient ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The use of perioperative human recombinant erythropoietin is described in a Jehovah's Witness patient. Despite significant anemia, the child's hematocrit was sufficiently increased by the use of erythropoietin so that a two-stage hemispherectomy could be performed without blood transfusion.

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