Nur 5461 certification - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Pernicious anemia - lack of intrinsic factor, decreased b12 Pernicious anemia s/s - beefy red tongue, fatigue, paresthesia of hands/feet, fatigue macrocytic anemias - Pernicious anemia, folate deficiency anemia >103mm causes of macrocytic anemias - liver disease, low b12 or folate, gastrectomy, malabsorption, alcoholics microcytic anemia - iron deficiency, anemia of chronic disease late stage, lead poisoning, thalassemias,, occult blood in stool, menorrhagia, <87mm normocytic anem...