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Causes of Neutropenia with Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sequestration:
 • Splenomegaly
Marrow Infiltration:
 • Hematologic and non-hematologic
and non-hematologic ... Toxins • Aplastic Anemia ... Myelodysplasia Nutritional ... deficiency: • B12 ... /folate/combined
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
and/or Folate Deficiency ... or folate is simply ... #VitaminB12 #Folate ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Nutrition ... #Hematology #ComparisonTable
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
common are Vit D, folate ... , iron, B12 and ... Phos, Ca+, Bl, B12 ... , Vit D, Folate, ... gastroenterology #nutrition
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
deficiency • Fanconi’s anemia ... Antibody-mediated hemolysis Nutritional ... consumption • Vitamin B12 ... • Folate deficiency ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
cardiomyopathy) • Folate ... • Vitamin B12 ... - Macrocytic anemia ... uw_IMresidency #nutrient ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Index < 2: • Anemia ... inflammation • Nutrient ... loss), Vitamin B12 ... , Folate • Hormone ... Production #Index #hematology