How would you approach the evaluation of a patient with decompensated cirrhosis, suspect to be due to alcohol, who is not a liver transplant candidate with iron studies showing elevated saturation and ferritin over 1000?

The finding of elevated iron saturation (I suspect means above 55%) and high ferritin raises the diagnosis of true iron overload. Certainly, a Ferritin level above 1000, when the patient is not actively drinking, is consistent with cirrhosis. So, I would start phlebotomies if the Hgb >11-12 g/dL all...