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What would be your transfusion strategy for a patient with decompensated cirrhosis presenting with concomitant acute upper GI bleed and acute MI?

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Hematology · University of Rochester Cancer Center
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I would be guided by the patient's vital signs, response to crystalloids, and clinical findings for red cell transfusion decisions, more so than any hemoglobin/hematocrit determination. I would avoid plasma transfusion for INR/prothrombin time abnormalities unless the viscoelastic testing demonstrat...

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