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Workup for Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency

#Workup #VitaminB12 #Folate #Deficiency #FolicAcid #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis #MacrocyticAnemia #Algorithm
Vitamin B12 and Folate ... Deficiency #Workup #VitaminB12 ... #Folate #Deficiency ... FolicAcid #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
of macrocytic anemia ... patients with macrocytosis ... but undiagnosed, folate ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis ... #VitaminB12 #Folate
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Neutrophils - Low RBC Folate ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes Macrocytosis ... Rule out B12 and Folate ... #Macrocytosis #
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Poisoning • Anemia ... Marrow Failure • Anemia ... Deficiency • Folate ... #MCV #Classification
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach to Anemia ... Deficiency • B12/Folate ... • Anemia of Chronic ... Non-lmmune #Anemia ... #Classification
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
, Anemia • Prevalence ... Crohn's > UC Anemia ... If persistent macrocytosis ... • Supplement folate