Perioperative Management without Blood Transfusion in a Patient with Massive Hemoperitoneum Who Refused a Transfusion.
- Author:
Il CHOI
1
;
Jeong Gon CHA
;
Jung Ho ROH
;
Chol Kyoon CHO
;
Hyun Jong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemoperitoneum;
Perioperative management without blood transfusion;
Jehovah's witness
- MeSH:
Blood Transfusion*;
Emergencies;
Hemoperitoneum*;
Humans;
Motor Vehicles;
Religion
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2000;58(2):280-284
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although there are many controversies about clear-cut guidelines for blood transfusion, blood transfusions are critically important and essential in many emergency cases involving trauma to abdominal organs. However, occasionally there are certain situations in which blood transfusions cannot be made, despite clear indications for urgent blood transfusion based on clinical and laboratory findings. One is the case in which the patient refuses to receive a blood transfusion for reasons based on religious beliefs. We present a case of successful perioperative management without blood transfusion in a patient, a Jehovah's Witness, with a massive hemoperitoneum due to an injury caused by a motor vehicle accident.
