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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... Reticulocytes, MCV ... Disease • Marrow ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Algorithm Spurious ... Artifact (redo CBC ... disorders • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... #Hematology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Low ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... #Hematology
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
Algorithmic Approach ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Spherocytosis, G6PD, PK, HbC ... Non-megaloblastic: Liver disease ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... kidney disease, ... Acute blood loss ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... Deficiency (Eg Causes: Chronic ... Blood Loss, Occult ... #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... Algorithm Normal ... Blood Smear • ... Cells, Normal WBCs ... #Hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Reactive ... • EBV • CMV ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... #Hematology #Oncology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... deficiency anemia, Chronic ... , McLeod blood group ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #microscopy