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Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Drugs, H pylori, Celiac ... #differential # ... diagnosis #anemia ... #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... ) #Iron #Deficiency ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #nutrition
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
of Iron Deficiency ... with anemia, diagnose ... iron deficiency ... tests Test for celiac ... #Deficiency #Anemia
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Iron Deficiency ... Anemia - Differential ... - Structural: Celiac ... disease, Tropical ... #Deficiency #Anemia
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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Disease - Diagnosis ... diseaseIron-deficiency ... anemia unresponsive ... microscopic colitis Differential ... #Disease #Diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Deficiency Anemia ... or colon ulcer, Celiac ... #Deficiency #Anemia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
deficiency anemia ... MDS, Chemotherapy ... deficiency anemia ... RBC #Morphology #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Hereditary ... , Celiac sprue, ... supplementation) or iron ... Diagnosis #nutrition
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... inflammation) • Iron ... Non-megaloblastic: Liver disease ... Reticulocytosis, MDS
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... disorders • Celiac ... disease Tissue ... malignancy • Iron ... deficiency anemia