Today we are continuing our discussion on anemia, and we are focusing Normocytic Anemia.

If you missed it last week, we talked Anemia Part 1: Microcytic Anemia. If you missed it go check it out.

Lets go ahead and get started:

Today we are going to discuss:

• How to approach Normocytic Anemia
• Best way to work-up Normocytic Anemia
• The Causes and Pathophysiology
  1. Decreased Production
  2. Increased destruction or sequestration
  3. Blood-loss
  4. Fluid over-load
• The most common cause of Normocytic Anemia - Anemia of Chronic Disease
• Best place to start if your patient has Normocytic Anemia
  • Peripheral Smear!
• The caveats of Normocytic Anemia

Next week we will finish up and discuss Macrocytic Anemia.

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