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Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... (RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... Hemorrhage or hemolysis ... #Workup #AAFP
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Blood Loss ... Normochromic RBCs on Smear ... Spherocytes on Smear ... #Classification ... #Causes #Hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... for workup, including ... : Acute blood loss ... , Acute hemolysis ... , deficiency anemia
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
of Peripheral blood ... smear - Shows schistocytes ... anemia Indirect ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Peripheral Smear ... Workup: • Complete ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
nodosum • Immune hemolytic ... anemia • Pain ... ) Classification ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... #hematology #oncology