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Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... Chemotherapy (e.g ... disease, McLeod blood ... Diseases #Red #BloodCell ... differential #diagnosis #hematology
Consensus Indications for Irradiated RBC Transfusions:

Cellular blood components are irradiated for the prevention of TA-GVHD. Transfused
for Irradiated RBC ... Transfusions: Cellular blood ... HLA-selected products (e.g ... #Irradiation #RBC ... #Indications #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
- Fe/TlBC, MCV/RBC ... Iron Deficiency (Eg ... Causes: Chronic Blood ... HgbE, HgbC, etc. ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... : 33% • Treatment ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
in recipient (e.g ... Volume Reduced RBC ... • Washed RBC ... haptoglobin, ↑LDH, etc ... diagnosis #management #hematology