Management of Jehovah's witness patients for scoliosis surgery: The use of platelet and plasmapheresis

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 510-513

  Safwat, Amira M ^a   Reitan, John A ^a   Benson, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Jehovah's Witness patients; Plasmapheresis; Plateletpheresis; Surgery, scoliosis

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCOLIOSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRISTIANITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATELETPHERESIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030788573     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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