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Laboratory Testing in Hemolytic Anemia

Intravascular vs Extravascular Hemolysis
Reticulocytes
Unconjugated bilirubin
LDH
Peripheral smear
Haptoglobin
Urine hemosiderin
Urine hemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin

#Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory #Testing #workup
Laboratory Testing ... Extravascular Hemolysis Reticulocytes ... Anemia #Laboratory #Testing ... #workup #diagnosis
Calculating a Reticulocyte Index (RI)
Reticulocyte Index = Absolute Reticulocyte Count / Maturation Correction
Absolute Reticulocyte Count =
Calculating a Reticulocyte ... Index (RI) Reticulocyte ... Index = Absolute Reticulocyte ... Count = % of reticulocytes ... RPI #hematology #diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... Reticulocyte count ... #glomerular #testing ... #workup #diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... or viscera. 4) Reticulocyte ... disease #workup #diagnosis ... #initial #testing
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
- Differential Diagnosis ... peripheral smear, reticulocyte ... Differential Diagnosis ... Production (↓ reticulocytes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Anemia Diagnostic ... Reticulocyte count ... Corrected reticulocyte ... count OR reticulocyte ... Anemia #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
- Differential Diagnosis ... labs: CBC, BMP, Reticulocytes ... schistocytes > 1% • ↑ Reticulocyte ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Testing for Diabetes Type II
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Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... sugar test - Fasting ... Classification #Testing ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis
Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Direct Hyperbilirubinemia: Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, Rotor Syndrome
Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: 
 - Trauma, Hematoma,
- Differential Diagnosis ... , Haptoglobin, Reticulocyte ... , Haptoglobin, Reticulocyte ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
peripheral smear, a reticulocyte ... specifically order a reticulocyte ... likely cause if the reticulocyte ... elevation in the reticulocyte ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis