Blood Groups & Transfusion — Practice
A 28-year-old woman in her third trimester of pregnancy notices easy fatigability. Her haemoglobin is 10.5 g/dL. Blood film shows normocytic normochromic cells. Serum erythropoietin is elevated. Which of the following BEST explains the anaemia in this patient?
APlasma volume expansion disproportionate to red cell mass increase
BDecreased erythropoietin production
CImpaired iron absorption from the gut
DIncreased red cell destruction