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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 5 740-743, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CASE REPORT

Use of recombinant human erythropoietin to facilitate liver transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness

N. J. Snook, H. A. O'Beirne, S. Enright, Y. Young and M. C. Bellamy
Intensive Care Unit, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF

A 46-yr-old woman with rapidly progressing primary biliary cirrhosis presented for liver transplantation. The use of preoperative recombinant human erythropoietin enabled this to be achieved without prohibited blood products. Perioperative management of this patient and general principles of management of Jehovah's Witnesses undergoing major surgery are discussed.
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