Care of the injured Jehovah's Witness patient: case report and review of the literature.
Care for the Jehovah's Witness patient can be a challenge and often a dilemma to clinicians because of the patient's religious beliefs and teachings against receiving blood and blood products, especially in emergency or trauma settings. We present a case of a severely injured elderly Jehovah's Witness patient who survived. We also review the literature and offer an organized approach to care for such patients.
Kulvatunyou
Narong
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Department of Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Heard
Stephen O
SO
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*