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Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
of people with low ... many people with low ... deficiency. ... #VitaminB12 #Folate ... #Nutrition #Hematology
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
B12 Levels Low ... vitamin B12 intake ... Autoimmune - Pernicious anaemia ... antagonists #VitaminB12 ... #deficiency #low
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Neutrophils - Low ... • Dietary Deficiency ... - Low Serum B12 ... and Folate Deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
Diseases: • GATA2 deficiency ... • Fanconi’s anemia ... Diseases: • Systemic lupus ... consumption • Vitamin B12 ... • Folate deficiency
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Diagnosis Algorithm Low ... (>100 fL) • B12 ... Deficiency • ... Folate Deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Approach - MCV) Low ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin B12 ... deficiency, Folate ... deficiency • ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
SEROSITIS - RENAL - NEUROLOGIC ... - HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA ... anticoagulant - Low ... absence of hemolytic anemia ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
thiamine (vitamin B1 ... ) deficiency, commonly ... and retrograde amnesia ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... diagnosis #comparison #neurology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
approximately how ... deficiencies: Iron deficiency ... loss), Vitamin B12 ... , G6PD deficiency ... Production #Index #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
, GATA2 deficiency ... , CTLA4 deficiency ... - Parvovirus B19 ... may result from low ... #oncology #hematology