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Laboratory Testing in Hemolytic Anemia

Intravascular vs Extravascular Hemolysis
Reticulocytes
Unconjugated bilirubin
LDH
Peripheral smear
Haptoglobin
Urine hemosiderin
Urine hemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin

#Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory #Testing #workup
Laboratory Testing ... hemosiderin Urine hemoglobin ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory
The differential diagnosis for an elevated MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration) includes:

Conditions with Abnormal RBCs:
 •
mean corpuscular hemoglobin ... Sickle cells • Hemoglobin ... Hemolysis (i.e., free hemoglobin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Laboratory
Testing for Diabetes Type II
 - 
Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Diabetes Type II - Hemoglobin ... #A1c #Glucose #Laboratory
The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) Scoring System
CRP (mg/dL), 
WBC (per mm3), 
Hemoglobin (g/dL),
The Laboratory Risk ... WBC (per mm3), Hemoglobin
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Pyruvate kinase - Hemoglobin ... Hypophostphatemia Laboratory
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory ... slightly elevated Hemoglobin
Oxygen Hemoglobin Dissociation curve

Curva de disociacion de oxi-hemoglobina
 #Cardiology#CEM
Oxygen Hemoglobin ... disociacion de oxi-hemoglobina
Thalassemias on Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
Beta-Thalassemia:
 • Major
 • Intermediate
 • Trait
Alpha Thalassemia:
 • Trait-1 (α α/ α-)
Thalassemias on Hemoglobin ... or (α α/ --) • Hemoglobin ... H (α -/ --) • Hemoglobin ... Barts(- -/ --) Hemoglobin ... #Thalassemias #Hemoglobin
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
SS disease, Hemoglobin ... SC disease, Hemoglobin ... Hemoglobin C Crystals ... : Hemoglobin C disease ... , Hemoglobin SC
Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Left Shift (↓ O2 unloading to tissue), Left = Lower:
 • ↓ H+ (↑
Oxygen-Hemoglobin ... MatthewHoMD #Oxygen #Hemoglobin