Anemia, Acute: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

anemia, low hemoglobin, low hematocrit, anemic, reduced red cell mass, diminished oxygen-carrying capacity, hematologic abnormality, decreased or ineffective red cell production, increased red cell destruction, blood loss, acute anemia, congestive heart failure, CHF, hemolysis, hemorrhage, thalassemia, splenectomy, Fanconi anemia, aplastic anemia, treatment, diagnosis, myelofibrosis, leukemia, sickle cell disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic renal failure, iron deficiency anemia, X-linked disorders, tachycardia, gallop rhythm, tachypnea, cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, transient erythroblastopenia of childhood, hypothyroidism, pyruvate kinase deficiency

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Margaret T Lee, MD,, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University
Margaret T Lee, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Hematology
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J Martin Johnston, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Mercer University School of Medicine; Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Backus Children's Hospital; Consulting Oncologist/Hematologist, St Damien's Pediatric Hospital
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Samuel Gross, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina; Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University
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Robert J Arceci, MD, PhD, King Fahd Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Professor of Pediatrics, Oncology and the Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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