12 June 2017 (Tuesday) - I.D.A.



Here’s an interesting case. Spotting what *looks* like an iron-deficient anaemia is relatively straightforward. But so often the patient scoffs the tablets, gets better and doesn’t bother the GP again.
This one did…


POLDARK, Demelza              M1234567          02.06.1774 M HAEM   Dr Ennis
H,17.7654321.V       R 12.06.17  Clin. det. iron def anaemia                   

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            HBM   WBCM    PLT    HCT   RBCM   MCVM   MCHM  MCHCM    RDW      N
140217 F     96   7.80    362  0.342   4.73   72.3   20.3    281   22.5   4.70
100317      104   5.50    234  0.360   4.67   77.1   22.3    289   25.0   3.30
280317      114   6.00    215  0.378   4.81   78.6   23.7    302   24.3   3.50
120617 F    141   8.10    188  0.420   4.89   85.9   28.8    336   16.1   5.20

              L      M      E      B   RETP   RETA    IRF    NUC     GF    ESR
140217 F   2.00   0.90   0.30   0.10    1.8  86.00   34.5                     
100317     1.50   0.50   0.20   0.00                                          
280317     1.30   0.90   0.20   0.10    1.0  49.00   16.8                     
120617 F   1.80   0.90   0.20   0.10    1.0  50.00    9.6                     
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  WBCM     N     L     M     E     B   MET   MYE   PRO BLAST   NUC
        (3)   (2)   (1)   (.)   (0)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (9)  #(7)
   0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
   8.1   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
couNt/dIrect/Diffs/Comms/Add comms/Hold/Rel/aBandon/reJect <R> .


A cured iron-deficient anaemia…

10 June 2017 (Sunday) - Transfusion Evidence Update



This little lot came in from the Transfusion Evidence Update people this morning. I can’t pretend to have perused the lot, but there were one or two items that caught my eye…

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8 June 2017 (Friday) - Some Videos



I found this little series of videos today. Rather interesting…