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Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
of macrocytic anemia ... elevated, but anemia ... an elevation in ... megaloblastic anemia ... #AAFP
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... turnover • Iron, B-12 ... , or folate deficiency ... • Hemolytic anemia ... Diagnosis #DM2 #Differential
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
, Anemia • Prevalence ... Crohn's > UC Anemia ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... restricted diet/deficiency ... /other causes
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
• Pernicious anemia ... /B12 deficiency ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... eliminated • Elevation
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... Acidosis - Differential ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... effect - Thiamine deficiency ... #Differential #
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
result in severe anemia ... immune hemolytic anemia ... Mild-to-moderate elevation ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
include: • ST elevation ... ECG as soon as ... calcium. ❽ Treat anaemia ... persistent ST elevation ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
blood cell count (anemia ... • Anemia • Aplastic ... Anemia • Bone ... Megaloblastic Anemia ... Myelophthisic Anemia
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
Anosmia Causes - ... with memory or neurologic ... disorders #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Anosmia #Hyposmia ... #Dysfunction #AAFP
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections, such as ... febrile illness, elevations ... No hemolytic anemia ... develop within 4 to 12 ... Fever #Travel #Differential