Cardiopulmonary bypass on a Jehovah's Witness child

A four-year-old boy was admitted for closure of a congenital ventricular septal defect. As the boy's parents were Jehovah's Witnesses, transfusion of blood was proscribed. Cardiopulmonary bypass was achieved using a Variable Prime Cobe Membrane Lung (VPCML). Extreme haemodilution was exper...

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Published in:Perfusion 1986-10, Vol.1 (4), p.293-295
Main Authors: Grey, PA, Crockett, JR
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A four-year-old boy was admitted for closure of a congenital ventricular septal defect. As the boy's parents were Jehovah's Witnesses, transfusion of blood was proscribed. Cardiopulmonary bypass was achieved using a Variable Prime Cobe Membrane Lung (VPCML). Extreme haemodilution was experienced, during bypass the haematocrit fell to a level of 8%. The haematocrit rose over the next two days to 22% and the patient made a full recovery.
ISSN:0267-6591
1477-111X
DOI:10.1177/026765918600100410