Jehovah’s Witness survives severe favism complications: Advance provisions of treatment and new challenges for the physicians
The management of an acute hemolytic event in a patient suffering from favism is based on transfusion support to ensure adequate tissue oxygenation. If this measure could not be pursued, in case of severe anemia the risk of death from multiorgan failure would be relevant. Most of Jehovah’s Witness d...
Main Authors: | Massimo Salvetti, Sara Capellini, Paola Delbon, Francesca Maghin, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Adelaide Conti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2021-06-01
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Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/9738 |
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