Overview of anemia
This ten-minute video is helpful in gaining all essential information regarding anemia. Classification of anemia, its symptoms, sub types and relevant laboratory investigations are covered in this video. Timeline 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Definition of Anemia 0:29 Levels of Hb when person is anemic 0:36 Reference to RBCs 2:10 Recap of reticuloendothelial system 2:36 How to recognize anemia by CBC 2:40 Definition of Mean Corpuscular Volume 2:57 Types of anemia on basis of MCV 3:08 Microcytic anemia 3:36 Normocytic anemia 4:23 Macrocytic anemia 4:40 Megaloblastic anemia 5:05 Non megaloblastic anemia 5:27 Classification based on mechanism of anemia 5:38 Reduced red blood cell production 6:35 Blood loss anemia 6:49 Increased hemolysis of RBCs 7:55 Malaria 7:57 Factors to determine hemolytic anemia 8:46 Blood test in Hemolytic anemia 9:26 Symptoms of anemia
