Anesthesia for a Jehovah’s Witness with Critical Anemia from Ruptured Stomach GIST

Authors

  • Kasana Raksamani Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
  • Orawan Pongraweewan Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
  • Sukunya Jirachaipitak Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Keywords:

Jehovah’s Witness, peri-operative, blood conservation

Abstract

We report a case of a female Jehovah’s Witness admitted to the hospital with concealed rupture of stomach gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and scheduled for exploratory laparotomy with tumor removal. She was critically anemic and refused to receive all kinds of blood or blood products. We present anesthesia techniques to avoid blood transfusion in this patient, which include deliberate hypotension and acute normovolemic hemodilution.

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Published

31-07-2020

How to Cite

Raksamani, K. ., Pongraweewan, O. ., & Jirachaipitak, S. (2020). Anesthesia for a Jehovah’s Witness with Critical Anemia from Ruptured Stomach GIST. Siriraj Medical Journal, 62(5), 215–216. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/243932

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 5 (2010): Sep-Oct

Section

Case Report

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