title: Extensive cytoreductive surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient. A case report.
abstract: Jehovah's Witnesses are a well-known patient demographic in medicine because of their religious-based refusal of blood transfusion. This case report outlines the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness patient in need of an extensive cytoreductive surgery due to a peritoneal carcinomatosis of ovarian origin. The surgeons carried out all the recommended surgical and anaesthetic measures concluding that extensive cytoreductive surgery on a Jehovah's Witness is possible and that a complete cytoreduction can be safely performed.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallicelli
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghermandi
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amaduzzi
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coccolini
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cipolat
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martignani
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazzareschi
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cucchi
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schiavina
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Pinna
mesh_terms: D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011292:Premedication; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014781:Viscera / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014673:Vecuronium Bromide