Sunday, May 23, 2010

Study Quote of the Day

Me: Ok, list the clinical and laboratory characteristics of iron deficiency anemia.

Hilarious Study Buddy Eileen: Er.....umm....pallor?? Uh...palmar crease?

Us: Erupting in laughter.

Me: Oh THAT is going on the Blog!!!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

ha ha ha ha.

Did you check out Ed Wallitt's PodMedics video on Anemia? Pretty well structured.

http://www.podmedics.com/podcasts/medicine/haematology/248-anaemia-a-fresh-overview

Grumpy, M.D. said...

"Your palmar crease level is 5. It looks like you're going to need a transplant."

OMDG said...

Who knew iron deficiency anemia was associated with Downs syndrome?

Albinoblackbear said...

Beaver--Thanks! I'll check it out. Anemia is one of those fun detective sleuthy things that I enjoy but so far am bad at solving.

Grump--"Your lifeline isn't very long...get me a biro and let's see if we can make it longer!!"

OMDG--We're publishing a paper on this lost link soon. Keep your eyes peeled. :P

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Rogue Medic said...

Grump--"Your lifeline isn't very long...get me a biro and let's see if we can make it longer!!"

A Mitchell & Webb fan. You are going places. ;-)