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Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Megaloblastic Anemia ... anemia (e.g. ... anemia Sickled ... interpretation #clinical ... #anemia
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
Hemolytic Anemia ... • Peripheral blood ... Cell anemia • ... anemia (TTP, HUS ... #Anemia #Differential
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... anemia. ... DIC is a clinical ... anemia is characterized ... #anemia #Hematology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... spherocytosis, Hemolytic ... - Sickle cell anemia ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
Spur-Cell Anemia ... , a form of hemolytic ... anemia that can ... #NEJM #clinical ... #smear
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Index < 2: • Anemia ... anemia, Intrinsic ... defects (e.g. sickle ... cell anemia, G6PD ... #diagnosis #calculation
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Iron deficiency anemia ... Chronic disease anemia ... Sideroblastic anemia ... disease, Artifact Sickle ... #differential #diagnosis
Summary of types of haemolytic anaemia. Visit gramproject.com for more medical diagrams, tables and flowcharts for
anaemia. ... medical diagrams, tables ... #diagnosis #clinical ... differential #algorithm #anaemia ... #haematology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemoglobin Defects: Sickle ... cell anemia, Thalassemias ... - Peripheral Blood ... Smear ↑ abnormal ... #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... anemia • Cold ... #anemia #hematology