title: Management of severe anemia secondary to menorrhagia in a Jehovah's Witness: a case report and treatment algorithm.
abstract: We report a 44 year old nulligravida Jehovah's Witness with a known fibroid uterus who presented with menorrhagia and life-threatening anemia. Adamant in her refusal of blood products and deemed too unstable for surgical management, the patient was managed conservatively by a multidisciplinary team.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ggutierrez@obgyn.humc.edu
authors: Griselda
authors: G
authors: Gutierrez
authors: Joy
authors: J
authors: Brotherton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy