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Bloodless And Transfusion-Free Surgery Has Its Benefits-Founder
December 07, 2007 at 5:07 PM
Hospital News
People such as Jehovahs Witness patients believe that accepting blood from a source other then themselves defies the scriptural teachings that their religion holds steadfast.
Jehovahs Witness patients no longer have to die for want of blood, says Patricia Ford, MD, a hematologist/oncologist and Medical Director of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the PENN Medicine hospital network.
Dr. Ford is one of the pioneers of bloodless surgery and has been teaching its technique to doctors around the world. One technique a bloodless surgery can employ is called cell salvage in which blood lost during surgery is siphoned from the body, passed through a filter for cleaning and returned to the body.
The physician can also use it during surgery to limit blood loss and to avoid the need for transfusion of blood from sources other than the patient. Originally developed to meet the needs of the Jehovahs Witness community, bloodless surgery is transfusion-free and is acceptable to Jehovah Witness followers because they are being reinfused with their own blood.
Bloodless surgery and medicine is a viable and life-saving option for these patients and those wary of the safety of the blood supply, and it is safe for a growing number of surgical and medical conditions, except for acute leukaemia and traumatic injury. Bloodless procedures have proven to be safer than blood transfusion because they help eliminate complications resulting from transfusions such as immunosuppression, infection, diseases from emerging pathogens for which our blood supply is not yet tested, said Dr. Ford.
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08/06/2008
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12/11/2007
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12/09/2007
Blood issue at a glance: The Watchtower leadership of the Jehovah's Witnesses say NO blood, BUT they actually DO ALLOW some blood "fractions".
Problem is this variance is so esoteric complicated that by the time special elders appear in the ER with the rule book, the JW patient is at the point of no return,bleeding to death.
NOW,they blame the hospital staff for not having a "cell saver" machine instead of the Watchtower leaders who are responsible for making the rules.
I was born a 3rd generation Jehovah's Witness in 1957 and endured the Watchtower's no blood commandment with longstanding bleeding Crohn's disease.The Watchtower leadership expects followers to die for their dogma and many have.The medical staff get blamed and are 'damned if they do damned if they don't'.
In 20 years there will be artificial blood for anyone who chooses it,putting an end to this drama.
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12/09/2007
The Watchtower leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses are hypocrites they promote no blood while at the same time use many blood fractions.
The fact is that elective bloodless surgery advancements are not going to help me if I have trauma and lose much of my blood volume and need an emergency blood transfusion.
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