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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... • Asplenia Laboratory ... High Glucose Content ... • Hemolytic anemia ... Increase #Decrease #Diagnosis
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #MCV #Classification ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... for Hemolytic Anemia ... #Hemolytic #Anemia ... #causes #classification ... #hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... #Classification ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
appropriate clinical context ... - assess other laboratory ... Arterial Oxygen Content ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #typeb #classification
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hematologic Malignancy ... Sideroblastic anemia ... extreme ferritin elevation ... #Differential #Diagnosis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory ... result in severe anemia ... immune hemolytic anemia ... Mild-to-moderate elevation ... #Workup #Hematology
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
Commonly Observed Laboratory ... ALT and AST - Elevations ... deficiency - Anemia ... leads to chronic anemia ... #Laboratory #Diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
deficiency, ... laboratory ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - Progressive amnesia ... Dementia - 2nd cause ... Differential #Subtypes #Classification
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Most cases diagnosed ... • Pernicious anemia ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... eliminated • Elevation ... phosphate &/or • Elevation