Neurosurgical procedures in Jehovah's Witnesses: An increased risk?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 266-273

  Suess, Silke ^a   Suess, Olaf ^a   Brock, Mario ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraoperative brood loss; Jehovah's Witnesses; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRISTIANITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034895939     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200108000-00005     Document Type: Article

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