Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common emergency condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. In patients with upper GI bleeding, the transfusion of hemoglobin threshold of red cells is controversial. However in patients with severe bleeding, transfusion is paramount and life saving. This study compared and proved that the restrictive-transfusion strategy is significant than the liberal-transfusion strategy.
In acute upper GI bleeding, there is acute loss of blood resulting in decrease tissue perfusion and the delivery of oxygen to tissue. However, hemorrhage may or may not be severe in every case, and under such conditions the safest and most effective strategy is transfusion. Here we present the comparison of transfusion strategies in acute upper GI bleeding. In this study, patients over and above 18 years of age who had hematemesis (or bloody nasogastric…
