REBOOT: #471 Iron Deficiency Anemia with Dr. Tom DeLoughery

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Intro
Rapid fire questions/Picks of the Week
Case
History and Physical
Laboratory Findings
Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia
Diet
Oral Supplementation
Unexplained Iron Deficiency
Case 2
IV Iron Supplementation
IV iron reactions
Case 3
Laboratory Follow Up Post Supplementation
When to Refer to a Hematology/Oncology specialist?
Outro

Credits

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Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Leah Witt, MD
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
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Guest: Dr. Tom DeLoughery MD, MACP, FAWM

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1:31.4	I'm Dr. Welcome back to the curbsiders.
1:31.4	I'm Dr. Matthew Frank Wado here with my great friend and America's primary care physician, Dr. Paul Nelson Williams.
1:38.9	Hi, Paul.
1:40.3	Hi, Matt. How are you? Happy New Year. This is our first episode back in 2025, and what a great way to start with returning guests, Dr. Tom DeLorey. And Paul, we're talking about anemia and specifically iron deficiency anemia, which is extremely common, but there's a lot to be learned here. Our guest has some fantastic pearls. Paul, before we introduce
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