Disease Management Clinical Decisions - Anemia
Disease Management Clinical Decisions - Anemia is organized by Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.
Release date: September 21, 2021
Expiration date: September 21, 2024
Description
Each lesson in the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series provides a brief, case-based review of management strategies related to the topic. Questions and multiple-choice answers about the case presented include the rationale for the correct answer. Throughout this case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer the question correctly.
Learning Objectives
After completing this case the reader should be able to:
• Describe anemia in both kinetic and morphologic terms and apply this to the differential diagnosis of anemia.
• Recognize hemolysis and review the differential diagnosis of hemolytic disease.
• Describe the clinical, pathological, and laboratory manifestations of iron-deficient anemia and how it differs from anemia of chronic disease.
• Recognize anemia and concurrent thrombocytopenia and describe how they can be the initial findings of potentially life-threatening disorders that need prompt evaluation and treatment.
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