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Iron Panel Interpretation

Iron deficiency - ↓ Iron, ↑-nl Transferrin / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin Saturation,  ↓
- ↓ Iron, ↑-nl Transferrin ... / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin ... , ↓ Ferritin Anemia ... / TIBC, ↓-nl Transferrin ... / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin
For an elderly patient with multiple comorbidities it can be challenging to determine if their anemia
determine if their anemia ... deficiency as well as anemia ... Iron #Deficiency #Anemia ... Algorithm #Ferritin #Transferrin
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA)
Tests:
 • MCV/RBC - RBC ↓ in proportion to the ↓ in hemoglobin
Iron Deficiency Anemia ... Iron to which transferrin ... Iron #Deficiency #Anemia
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

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

 • Blood loss:
Iron Deficiency Anemia ... Ferritin, iron, transferrin ... Iron #Deficiency #Anemia
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
, Anemia • Prevalence ... Crohn's > UC Anemia ... Check Soluble Transferrin
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
hemochromatosis, hemolytic anemia ... 100% saturated transferrin
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
pro-actively if anemic ... ferritin > 100 & transferrin
Differential Diagnosis of Anemias #Diagnosis #IM #Honc #Anemia #Differential #Iron #Algorithm #Microcytic #Macrocytic #Normocytic #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Anemias ... Diagnosis #IM #Honc #Anemia
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Hemolytic Anemias ... Algorithm Signs of anemia ... Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias ... Alloimmune Hemolytic Anemias ... #Hemolytic #Anemias
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
the presence of anemia ... saturation of serum transferrin