Hematology | Anemias

🩸 Anemias

🍐 In this episode of PodBites, Shahad Murshid and Yomna Aloufi break down anemias to make it simple, and digestible! Starting from what anemia actually means to how we interpret labs, classify patterns, and reason through causes using real clinical cases.

🎙️ Tune in to learn more about:

• How anemia is defined
• RBC indices (MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW)
• Microcytic, normocytic & macrocytic patterns
• Mechanisms: blood loss, hypoproliferation, hemolysis
• Reticulocyte-based reasoning
• Iron Deficiency Anemia + a memorable case!
• B12 & Folate deficiency anemias

A compact, high-yield tour through one of the most fundamental topics in hematology 🌟