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Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory ... conditions such as disseminated ... #Microscopy
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood ... Smear Analysis ... cells: Sickle cell ... #hematology #microscopy ... interpretation #clinical
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... disease, McLeod blood ... Burr Cell RBC (Echinocyte ... Bite Cell RBC: G6PD ... diagnosis #hematology #microscopy
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
• Asplenia Laboratory ... turnover • Acute blood ... loss • Hemolytic ... anemia • Splenomegaly ... , Sickle Cell
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... RBC) Morphology ... spherocytosis, Hemolytic ... Schistocytes - Hemolytic ... thrombocytopenia (ITP), Disseminated
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... anemia, Thalassemias ... Hypophostphatemia Laboratory ... - Peripheral Blood ... Smear ↑ abnormal
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
Spur-Cell Anemia ... of hemolytic anemia ... Spur-cell anemia ... #NEJM #clinical ... #smear
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
(RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... Hemorrhage or hemolysis ... of the initial work-up ... Homocysteine #Algorithm #Workup
Therefore, studies obtained at the initial presentation in the emergency department should evaluate for fibrinolysis with
A complete blood ... count (CBC) should ... as a peripheral smear ... microangiopathic hemolytic ... LaboratoryFindings #Disseminated
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory ... of Peripheral blood ... smear - Shows schistocytes ... from ischemia WBC ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup