{"id":1286,"date":"2022-09-13T17:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drstewart.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2022-09-13T18:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:48:53","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-and-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drstewart.com\/2022\/09\/jehovahs-witnesses-and-heart-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses and Heart Surgery\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1286\" class=\"elementor elementor-1286\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-878c79a elementor-section-height-min-height gradient-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"878c79a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-931010e\" data-id=\"931010e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c95729b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c95729b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jehovah's Witnesses and Heart Surgery<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeda5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeda5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Allan Stewart discusses how he prepares to operate on a patient that is Jehovah&#8217;s Witness in Miami, Florida.<\/strong> Read on the importance of meticulous planning prior to cardiac surgery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bd0a01\" data-id=\"6bd0a01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0604eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0604eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.e-container.e-container--row .elementor-spacer-inner{width:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container.e-container--column .elementor-spacer-inner,.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bca1809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bca1809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One patient population always requires meticulous planning prior to cardiac surgery.\u00a0 It is estimated that there are approximately 8 million Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses worldwide, with a 2.5Million in the United States. These are Christian people who have a unique interpretation of the Bible regarding celebrations, service to humanity, and, most important to me, a refusal to accept blood transfusions.<\/p><p>It is worth understanding where this belief is rooted, so I spoke to a few former patients as well as the Elders in a nearby Kingdom Hall. As it turns out, there are a few passages in the Old Testament, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/genesis\/9\/#v1009004\">Genesis 9:4<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/leviticus\/17\/#v3017010\">Leviticus 17:10<\/a>.), where God commanded His people not to eat human blood.\u00a0 This topic resurfaced, later in the New Testament (\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/acts\/15\/#v44015028-v44015029\">Acts 15:28,\u00a029<\/a>), when the governing body of the early Church instructed Christians to\u00a0<strong>\u201ckeep abstaining . . . from blood.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p>What about the medical use of blood? Believers in Jehovah apply the passages in the Bible to mean that the transfusion of whole blood or any of its main components\u200b\u2014red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma, violate the Scriptures. However, there are some medical procedures areas that are in a grey zone. For example, some procedures involve the use of fractions of one of the main components of blood. Other procedures involve the use of a person\u2019s own blood, back (an example is a cell-saver suction device, or storing one\u2019s own blood prior to surgery and re-transfusing. \u00a0When weighing these options, patients must make a personal decision.<\/p><p>I have always embraced religious freedom, and do not discriminate against this belief in patient selection\u2026except if I am convinced that the operation is impossible without transfusion (I am Catholic and believe that Thou Shall Not Kill).\u00a0<\/p><p>There are several techniques to improve success, that we implement in all patients in our center for bloodless surgery.\u00a0 These include boosting the patients own blood volume pre-operatively with Iron and Procrit.\u00a0 We do not give any excess intravenous fluids during or after surgery.\u00a0 The procedure is performed under normal temperature without any cooling.\u00a0 The technique is meticulous to avoid any bleeding.\u00a0 The care is conserved by only staff members that understand the value of maintaining proper blood volume.\u00a0 When all stakeholders are engaged, I believe that most cardiac surgeries can be safely performed without any risk of transfusion.\u00a0 Obviously, there are procedures that carry and extremely high risk of bleeding.\u00a0 In those circumstances, it is necessary to have an informed conversation with the patient, the family, and the patient\u2019s representatives, to craft a proper decision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134c314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"134c314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430307d elementor-widget 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Read on the importance of meticulous planning prior to cardiac surgery. 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