All that blood study making you faint, fatigued and short of breath? Well, you might be anaemic but how can we tell why? Join us on our first expedition of this season of highs and lows as we take apart the full blood count one episode at a time. Let’s start with an approach to a cup half-empty of blood - anaemia!

TIMESTAMPS

2:10 - The Motto of Haematology
3:08 - Definitions - How low is low?
4:24 - MCV is Key
6:43 - TICS and RACH have BLOOD in common
8:47 - TICS(L) - Microcytic Causes
9:27 - Thalassaemia
12:58 - Iron deficiency
19:33 - Chronic disease
22:39 - Sideroblastic anaemia
25:35 - Lead poisoning aka med school fodder
27:46 - RACH - Normocytic Causes
28:01 - Renal Disease
30:32 - Acute blood loss
31:55 - Chronic disease back again
32:18 - Haemolysis - Pls See Season 2
34:46 - (Surprise Myeloma - Pls Also See Season 3)
35:18 - BLOOD - Macrocytic Causes
35:37 - (Except it could be retics)
36:33 - B12 Deficiency
38:43 - Liver Disease
39:16 - etOh
39:54 - fOlate Deficiency
42:04 - Drugs/Dysplasia
43:19 - The red cell maturation pathway
45:28 - Megaloblastic vs. non-megaloblastic
51:09 - Thyroid - might be a thing?
53:03 - What's in an anaemia work-up?
57:05 - Take Home Messages

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