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New Choices For Patients: Transfusion-free Medicine For Jehovah’s Witnesses And...
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December 1, 2008 New Choices For Patients: Transfusion-free Medicine For Jehovah’s Witnesses And Transfusion-wary 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. It can also be used by the physician during surgery to limit blood loss and to avoid the need for transfusion of blood from sources other than the patient. Jehovah’s Witness patients believe... More
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