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Transfusion Medicine

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Transfusion Medicine in FCPS Part 1

Haematology is a high-yield subject where small details matter. Anaemia classifications, leukaemia/lymphoma differentiation, and clotting cascade are all reliably tested.

Approx. paper weightage: 5–7%

🎯 High-yield areas

→ Anaemia classification by MCV — micro, normo, macro
→ Iron, B12, folate deficiency — biochem + clinical
→ Acute vs chronic leukaemias — markers and presentation
→ Lymphomas — Hodgkin vs non-Hodgkin
→ Coagulation cascade and bleeding disorders
→ Transfusion reactions — recognition and management

📚 Recommended textbooks

Robbins (haem chapters)

Sufficient for FCPS Part 1 scope.

💡 Strategy from doctors who passed

✓ The anaemia algorithm is the single highest-yield haematology revision input.

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