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Evaluation of Patients with Anemia

Microcytic, Normocytic, Macrocytic, Hemolytic (Intravascular and Extravascular)

#Diagnosis #Anemia #Workup #Macrocytic #Microcytic #Normocytic
Patients with Anemia ... Microcytic, Normocytic ... , Macrocytic, Hemolytic ... #Workup #Macrocytic ... #Microcytic #Normocytic
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup ... - Normocytic ... - Macrocytic - ... Hemolytic #Anemia ... #Workup #Differential
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
(up to 100) = normocytic ... in peripheral blood ... High in acute blood ... loss, hemolysis ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Workup
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Bleed • Hemolysis ... Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... Deficiency #Normocytic
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... AIHA • Anemia ... : macrocytic > normocytic ... ↑ LDH • Anti-RBC ... type ± C3d • Blood
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... RBC) Morphology ... AtlasMicrocytic ... Lead poisoning • Macrocytic ... spherocytosis, Hemolytic
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell ( ... Microcytic RBC: ... (sometimes) Macrocytic ... disease, McLeod blood ... hematology #microscopy #atlas
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
Normocytic ( ... -100): • Non-hemolytic ... , CKD • Hemolytic ... Spherocytosis, G6PD, PK, HbC ... Infections Macrocytic
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hemolytic Anemia ... • Peripheral blood ... → Sickle Cell anemia ... Hypochromic & microcytic ... RBCs, DAT (-) →
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
evaluation of macrocytic ... (RBC = red blood ... Hemorrhage or hemolysis ... of the initial work-up ... #Macrocytosis #Macrocytic