title: Use of recombinant human erythropoietin to avoid blood transfusion in a Jehovah's Witness requiring hemispherectomy. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schiff
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002835:Christianity; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin