University of Padua Hosts Landmark Conference to Discuss Advances in Transfusion-Free Medical Care

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JW.Org - Newsroom for Journalists: University of Padua Hosts Landmark Conference to Discuss Advances in Transfusion-Free Medical Care

 

ROME—On Friday, November 24, 2017, medical, bioethics, and legal professionals convened at the University of Padua, the second-oldest university in Italy, for the conference entitled

“The Refusal of Blood Transfusion by Adult Patients: What Are the Treatment Options?—Blood Save 2017.”

The conference was sponsored by more than 25 Italian scientific societies and associations as well as Italy’s Ministry of Health.

 

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One of the visiting experts, Dr. Luca P. Weltert, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the European Hospital, Rome, explained:

“We saw today that transfusions can be detrimental and in many cases are not needed.”

 

There are links to three interviews of professionals

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