Posttonsillectomy Hemorrhage in a Pediatric Jehovah's Witness and the Decision to Transfuse

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug;159(2):238-241. doi: 10.1177/0194599818772044. Epub 2018 May 29.

Authors

Andrew J Redmann¹, Melissa Schopper², Judith Ragsdale³, Michael J Rutter^{1

4}, Catherine K Hart^{1

4}, Charles M Myer 3rd^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² 2 University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
³ 3 Department of Pastoral Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁴ 4 Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 29807476
DOI: 10.1177/0194599818772044

No abstract available

Keywords: Jehovah’s Witness; autonomy; ethics; posttonsillectomy hemorrhage; tonsillectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Component Transfusion / ethics*
Blood Component Transfusion / psychology*
Child
Decision Making*
Humans
Jehovah's Witnesses*
Male
Postoperative Hemorrhage / therapy*
Tonsillectomy*