AbstractAim: The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical and laboratory profile ofanaemia among patients admitted to the tertiary care facility.Methods: This study was a hospital based prospective cross-sectional study undertaken in theDepartment of Medicine, BMIMS, Pawapuri, Nalanda, Bihar, India. Fifty patients withanaemia were included in the study. Duration of the study was 7 months.Results: Easy fatiguability and generalized weakness were the most common symptoms ofanemia in our study. Easy fatiguability and generalised weakness were the most commonsymptoms of anemia in our study. Fever was seen in 10% of cases and asymptomaticsymptoms were noted in 12% patients. On systemic examination anemic murmurs on CVSexamination were detected among 12 patients. Basilar crepts not attributable to other diseaseswere found among 3 patients. Isolated hepatomegaly was found in 8, splenomegaly in 2 andhepatosplenomegaly was found in 3 patients.Conclusion: The most common aetiology of anemia in patients enrolled was iron deficiency,followed by anemia of chronic disease and malignancy, both hematological and nonhematological. The most commonly encountered complaints on presentation in general weresubjective non-specific ones such as weakness, fatigue and lassitude whereas in females itwas per vaginal bleeding.

AbstractAim: The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical and laboratory profile ofanaemia among patients admitted to the tertiary care facility.Methods: This study was a hospital based prospective cross-sectional study undertaken in theDepartment of Medicine, BMIMS, Pawapuri, Nalanda, Bihar, India. Fifty patients withanaemia were included in the study. Duration of the study was 7 months.Results: Easy fatiguability and generalized weakness were the most common symptoms ofanemia in our study. Easy fatiguability and generalised weakness were the most commonsymptoms of anemia in our study. Fever was seen in 10% of cases and asymptomaticsymptoms were noted in 12% patients. On systemic examination anemic murmurs on CVSexamination were detected among 12 patients. Basilar crepts not attributable to other diseaseswere found among 3 patients. Isolated hepatomegaly was found in 8, splenomegaly in 2 andhepatosplenomegaly was found in 3 patients.Conclusion: The most common aetiology of anemia in patients enrolled was iron deficiency,followed by anemia of chronic disease and malignancy, both hematological and nonhematological. The most commonly encountered complaints on presentation in general weresubjective non-specific ones such as weakness, fatigue and lassitude whereas in females itwas per vaginal bleeding.