title: Total hip replacement surgery without blood transfusion in Jehovah's Witnesses.
abstract: Uncemented total hip replacement surgery without blood transfusion is described in 12 Jehovah's Witnesses and morbidity is compared with a group who each received 3 units of blood. There were no deaths and all the patients except two, one from each group, left hospital within 3 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, East Surrey Hospital, Surrey.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Wittmann
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wittmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001843:Bone Cements; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D006454:Hemoglobins