Faith Cures, Doctor Treats: Management of a Case of Pancreatic Trauma in a Jehovah’s Witness Patient

Faith Cures, Doctor Treats: Management of a Case of Pancreatic Trauma in a Jehovah’s Witness Patient

The awareness about Jehovah’s Witness in India is very poor. One of the fundamentals of their beliefs is prohibition of blood and blood product transfusions. This presents a unique challenge, especially when coupled with massive trauma. We describe a rare case of a patient presenting with massive ab...

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Main Authors: Galvin Dhaliwal, Pranay Pawar, Renji Matthew, Navneet Kumar Chaudhry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences
Subjects:
jehovah’s witness
pancreatic trauma
distal pancreatectomy
road traffic accident
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-3400695
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Summary:The awareness about Jehovah’s Witness in India is very poor. One of the fundamentals of their beliefs is prohibition of blood and blood product transfusions. This presents a unique challenge, especially when coupled with massive trauma. We describe a rare case of a patient presenting with massive abdominal trauma who was managed successfully.
ISSN:2455-7420
2455-0949

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