Anemia made easy

Name: Anemia made easy
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The easiest way to understand anemia

Created byAbrar B.Elmalik

Last updated 6/2020

English

What you'll learn

Meaning of anemia
To differentiate between anemia types
To understand the unified general scheme of anemia and apply on the all types
How to approach an anemic patient

Course content

6 sections • 19 lectures • 1h 35m total length

Complete blood count5:12
Peripheral blood film4:47
Bone marrow investigations1:44
Perform bone marrow aspiration and biopsy when exploration is negative to diagnose aplastic anemia, fibrosis, leukemia, or lymphoma, while considering contraindications such as skin infections or bleeding risk.

Classification of hemolytic anemia1:35
General scheme of hemolytic anemia4:27
Spherocytosis5:06
Explain spherocytosis as hereditary autosomal dominant or acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia driven by spectrin defects in red cell membranes, causing hemolysis and jaundice; manage with folic acid and splenectomy.
PNH4:54
Sickle cell anemia5:27
Explore the beta-globin mutation behind sickle cell anemia, where glutamate to valine substitution creates hemoglobin S and an inherited disease with hemolytic anemia, jaundice, crises, and hydroxyurea treatment.
Thalassemia5:58
Explore thalassemia, from defective alpha or beta globin, featuring fetal hemoglobin and hemolytic crises; diagnose by CBC and electrophoresis, treat with transfusions, folic acid, vaccines, and bone marrow transplant.
G6PD5:28
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia5:13

Requirements

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Description

Anemia made easy is simply set up in a simple, hassle-free manner, to provide a methodology that combines ease of handling with the investment of all information related to the disease to arrive at the correct diagnosis and to logically correct the problem.

The course contains six modules that are explained in English. You begin by identifying the investigations necessary for the diagnosis of anemia, its group, and type. Passing through the general format, and ending with different types of anemia.

Who this course is for:

Students of medical and health care fields

Anemia made easy

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Investigations3 lectures • 12min

Anemia concept2 lectures • 8min

Microcytic hypochromic anemia2 lectures • 16min

Macrocytic anemia2 lectures • 10min

Normocytic normochromic anemia2 lectures • 12min

Hemolytic anemia8 lectures • 38min

Requirements

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