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2. List of Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses

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   Doctors sought a blood transfusion, but A.C. and her parents refused on religious grounds; child welfare officials moved to take her into care and a court ordered that she be given the transfusion. The judge said he was satisfied she was competent, but since she was under 16 the judge felt that her competence was immaterial to existing law. [6]

3. Involuntary treatment - Wikipedia

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   The faith of Jehovah's Witnesses forbids blood transfusion. Courts in the United States have consistently upheld the right of competent adults to decline blood transfusion even when it would be life-saving, though there have been exceptions where the death of a patient could leave a child orphaned. [55]: 255

4. Blood transfusion - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person ... (after 50–100 ml) Up to 8 hours after ...

5. Eve van Grafhorst - Wikipedia

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   She became the centre of a controversy in 1985 when she was banned from her local pre-school amid fears she might infect other children. [1] Van Grafhorst was born prematurely in 1982, and required eleven blood transfusions to save her life. One of the transfusions was contaminated, and she contracted HIV.

6. Neonatal red cell transfusion - Wikipedia

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   A ‘double volume exchange’ (160–200 ml/kg) removes around 90% of neonatal red cells and 50% of bilirubin. [1] The specification of the blood product differs depending on whether it is to be used for a small volume, large volume or exchange transfusion. [1] [7]

7. Transfusion practitioner - Wikipedia

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   Developing and implementing blood management/transfusion related education sessions/programs is an important aspect of the TP role. Education can be targeted for the appropriate clinical groups (nursing, medical and allied health professionals) highlighting and promoting evidence-based practice change or national and international recommendations.

8. Blood compatibility testing - Wikipedia

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   Blood compatibility testing is routinely performed before a blood transfusion.The full compatibility testing process involves ABO and RhD (Rh factor) typing; screening for antibodies against other blood group systems; and crossmatching, which involves testing the recipient's blood plasma against the donor's red blood cells as a final check for incompatibility.

9. Glasgow-Blatchford score - Wikipedia

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   need for blood transfusion due to GI bleeding The Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score ( GBS ) is a screening tool to assess the likelihood that a person with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) will need to have medical intervention such as a blood transfusion or endoscopic intervention. [ 1 ]