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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
and Reduction in HbA1c ... Hypertriglyceridemia • Uremia ... • Hemolytic anemia ... Elevation #Reduction #HbA1c ... #Increase #Decrease
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Causes of Anemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm Decreased ... WBCs - Decreased ... #Normocytic #Anemia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Tinea, Inframammary Crease: Fungal dermatitis affecting the moist skin beneath this male patient's 
breast tissue

Charlie Goldberg,
, Inframammary Crease ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Clinical #Photo #Dermatology ... #Inframammary #UCSDH
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach to Anemia ... combination of: Decreased ... Hypochromic RBCs Decreased ... Production - Normal / Decreased ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Causes of Anemia ... , serum iron decreased ... TlBC > 18% • Anemia ... #Microcytic #Anemia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Basic labs for decreased ... liver disease, decrease ... changes), high MCV anemia ... or if a primary hematologic ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... characterized by an increase ... microangiopathic #hemolytic #anemia ... #Hematology #Pathology
Hematology Algorithms 

Anemia is described as a reduction in the proportion of the red blood cells.
Hematology Algorithms ... Anemia is described ... symptoms related to anemia ... Pancytopenia is a hematologic ... characterized by a decrease
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Algorithm Decreased ... Megakaryopoiesis • Aplastic Anemia ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
Mild-to-moderate decrease ... result in severe anemia ... Platelet count - Decreased ... immune hemolytic anemia ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology