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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Iron, B-12, or folate ... Reduction == Increase ... • Hemolytic anemia ... HgbA1c #Laboratory #Increase ... #Decrease #Diagnosis
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... combination of: Decreased ... Hypochromic RBCs Decreased ... Deficiency • B12/Folate ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Delivery (DO2) • Decreased ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Compartment Syndrome • Increased ... HIV, Malaria, Late ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the only way to increase ... typically able to dilate ... coronary vessels dilate ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... management #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the only way to increase ... typically able to dilate ... coronary vessels dilate ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare