This study documents that anemia occurs relatively frequently in COPD patients and is related to the presence of inflammation. Anemia is an understudied issue in COPD but may be of great ...
This however does not include the 18 patients with normocytic anemia that had unknown iron status as iron studies not performed. Iron studies should always be performed in investigating patients with ...
Blood tests revealed pancytopenia. Key findings included hemoglobin levels of 5.8 g/dL, mean corpuscular volume of 81 pg, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration of 33.8 g/dL, consistent with ...