Author(s) McLoughlin PL, Cope TM, Harrison JC, et al.

Journal Anaesthesia. Date of publication 1999 Sep 1;volume 54(9):891-5.

Abstract 1. Anaesthesia. 1999 Sep;54(9):891-5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of severe acute anaemia in a Jehovah's witness. McLoughlin PL(1), Cope TM, Harrison JC. Author information: (1)Department of Anasthesia, University Hospital Aintree NHS Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK. Comment in Anaesthesia. 2000 Mar;55(3):293-4. A case is described in which a Jehovah's Witness patient who refused blood transfusion suffered massive antepartum haemorrhage, her haemoglobin falling as low as 2.0 g.dl(-1). She was treated on an intensive care unit with intermittent positive pressure ventilation and general supportive measures, pulsed hyperbaric oxygen therapy and recombinant human erythropoietin. PMID: 10460565 [Indexed for MEDLINE]

Source ID (e.g. PMID): 10460565