title: Unusual impalement injury in a Jehovah's Witness.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanthaler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margreiter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nehoda
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D015505:Chest Tubes; D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D004921:Erythropoietin; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D006454:Hemoglobins; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D004921:Erythropoietin