Lung transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness.
Patients of the Jehovah's Witness faith generally do not accept transfusions of blood or blood products but some will accept cadaveric organs for transplantation. We report a left single lung transplantation in a 48-year-old Hispanic female with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and secondary pulmonary hypertension. We believe this is the first reported case of lung transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness.
Conte
J V
JV
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
Orens
J B
JB
D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed