Lung transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness

J Heart Lung Transplant. 1999 Aug;18(8):796-800. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(99)00031-5.

Abstract

Patients of the Jehovah's Witness faith generally do not accept transfusions of blood or blood products but some will accept cadaveric organs for transplantation. We report a left single lung transplantation in a 48-year-old Hispanic female with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and secondary pulmonary hypertension. We believe this is the first reported case of lung transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Christianity*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Lung Transplantation / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / surgery*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tissue Donors / psychology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed