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Evaluation of Patients with Anemia

Microcytic, Normocytic, Macrocytic, Hemolytic (Intravascular and Extravascular)

#Diagnosis #Anemia #Workup #Macrocytic #Microcytic #Normocytic
Patients with Anemia ... , Macrocytic, Hemolytic ... Extravascular) #Diagnosis ... #Anemia #Workup ... #Normocytic #Differential
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup ... Exam, Labs - Microcytic ... - Hemolytic # ... Anemia #Workup # ... Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Anemia #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Honc #Anemia #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Microcytic #Macrocytic
#Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Honc #Anemia ... #Differential # ... Workup #Algorithm ... #Microcytic #Macrocytic
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Morphology Atlas • Microcytic ... Liver diseases, Myelodysplastic ... spherocytosis, Hemolytic ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cold AIHA • PCH ... anemia • ... Prosthetic heart valves
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Diagnosis Secondary ... malignancies • Anemia ... iron deficiency, hemolysis ... vera (PV) • Myelodysplastic ... Myelofibrosis (MF
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... Drug-associated, PCH ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disorders - Myelodysplastic ... anemia - ... Myelofibrosis (MF
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Workup: • Complete ... blood count with differential ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity - A low value ... If the value is ... anemia Indirect ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology