Severe acute anaemia in a Jehovah's Witness. Survival without blood transfusion.
A case is described in which a Jehovah's Witness underwent emergency surgery following which her haemoglobin fell to 1.8 g/d litre. She was successfully treated in an intensive care unit with intermittent positive pressure ventilation of the lungs, high inspired oxygen concentrations and transfusions of large volumes of gelatin solution.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000628:therapy*; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D005780:Gelatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*
D005780:Gelatin