title: Bloodless third complex heart operation in a Jehovah's Witness patient with extremely low preoperative haemoglobin level.
abstract: We report a successful third complex heart operation without the transfusion of any allogeneic blood or blood products in a female Jehovah's Witness patient who had pronounced preoperative anaemia with a haemoglobin value of 6.9 mg/dl. The report shows that such a procedure is possible without any transfusion of allogeneic blood or blood products in extreme conditions with a very low preoperative haemoglobin level.
authors.affiliation: German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany. pasic@dhzb.de
authors.forename: Miralem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasic
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unbehaun
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000748:Anemia, Macrocytic / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D057668:Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008875:Middle Aged; D057234:Preoperative Period; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006454:Hemoglobins