Understanding causes, clinical manifestations and treatment and nursing care measures of different blood diseases in children is very important for nursing students. Children suffer from wide range of congenital and acquired anemias and bleeding disorders
This lecture includes the following topics
Different types of anemia as iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia , aplastic anemia and hemolytic anemia
Bleeding disorders due to abnormalities in platelet count or function
Bleeding disorders due to defects in coagulation factors
Blood transfusion