Hemoglobin Targets for Varicial Bleeding

If it was somebody without cirrhosis and portal hypertension this person probably deserves a massive transfusion protocol. But most people with bleeding you can get by just watching things particularly if you know that this person is about to have the procedure that they need. It's sometimes entertaining someone's pouring out blood and we are massively transfusing them so they don't code, he says. He adds: "The right person to do the procedure at this time is an endoscopist"