Abstract
Anemia is a complication of severe burn injury. Burn patients who refuse blood transfusions, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, present difficult challenges, and treatment paradigms need to be altered to reduce blood loss and increase red cell restoration. In this report the authors present a case of a 36-year-old Jehovah's Witness who suffered a 35% TBSA burn injury. In addition to standard burn injury treatment, the authors attempted to reduce blood loss with a combination of intraoperative (tranexamic acid) and perioperative (erythropoietin, intravenous iron) strategies.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Burn Care and Research |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
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- Emergency Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Surgery
- Medicine(all)
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Reducing postburn injury anemia in a Jehovah's witness patient. / Barsun, Alura; Sen, Soman; Palmieri, Tina L; Greenhalgh, David G.
In: Journal of Burn Care and Research, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Reducing postburn injury anemia in a Jehovah's witness patient
AU - Barsun, Alura
AU - Sen, Soman
AU - Palmieri, Tina L
AU - Greenhalgh, David G
PY - 2014
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N2 - Anemia is a complication of severe burn injury. Burn patients who refuse blood transfusions, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, present difficult challenges, and treatment paradigms need to be altered to reduce blood loss and increase red cell restoration. In this report the authors present a case of a 36-year-old Jehovah's Witness who suffered a 35% TBSA burn injury. In addition to standard burn injury treatment, the authors attempted to reduce blood loss with a combination of intraoperative (tranexamic acid) and perioperative (erythropoietin, intravenous iron) strategies.
AB - Anemia is a complication of severe burn injury. Burn patients who refuse blood transfusions, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, present difficult challenges, and treatment paradigms need to be altered to reduce blood loss and increase red cell restoration. In this report the authors present a case of a 36-year-old Jehovah's Witness who suffered a 35% TBSA burn injury. In addition to standard burn injury treatment, the authors attempted to reduce blood loss with a combination of intraoperative (tranexamic acid) and perioperative (erythropoietin, intravenous iron) strategies.
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