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Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential ... storage form of iron ... to differentiate ... elevation Dr ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Causes of Anemia ... Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #elevatedMCV #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Anemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Labs: Ferritin ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #ferritin #hematology
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
associated with extreme elevations ... histoplasmosis #Ferritin ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm ... #Differential #
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Approach to Anemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... MCH, MCHC, Serum Iron ... , Ferritin, Increased ... #Causes #Hematology
For an elderly patient with multiple comorbidities it can be challenging to determine if their anemia
is secondary to iron ... To you help differentiate ... benefit from IV iron ... Deficiency #Anemia #Algorithm ... #Ferritin #Transferrin
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... Elevation and Reduction ... HbA1c == False Elevation ... RBC turnover • Iron ... Diagnosis #DM2 #Differential
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Fe #algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... malignancy • Iron ... #Causes #Hematology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine - Other causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm