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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 Blood ... Loss • Acute ... Deficiency • B12/Folate ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... WBCs - Decreased ... Normal RBCs • Acute ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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- Liver enzyme elevation ... T-cell count can decrease ... enzymes ↑ • Mild anemia ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Circulatory System • Increased ... muscle use • Decreased ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... the only way to increase ... coronary vessels dilate ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... the only way to increase ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm