Anaemia & Iron deficiency

At the end of this lecture student should be able to:

• • Define anaemia.
  • Outline the aetiological classification of anaemia.
  • Outline a morphological classification of anaemia.
  • State causes of iron deficiency anaemia.
  • List the Clinical features of iron deficiency anaemia.
  • List the blood and bone marrow changes in iron deficiency.
  • State investigations to diagnose iron deficiency anaemia with the expected findings of each investigation.
  • State the differential diagnoses for hypochromic microcytic anaemia.