HGB 12 - 16.5 LOW DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR ANEMIA
Decreased Production (Low Reticulocyte Index)
Microcytic
Lead Intoxication
Copper Deficiency
Zinc Toxicity
Normocytic
Malignancies
Pure Red Blood Cell Aplasia
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
Fanconi's Anemia
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
Myeloid Metaplasia with Myelofibrosis
Ribavirin Therapy
Copper Deficiency
Macrocytic
Oval Macrocytosis
Refractory Anemia
Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts
Refractory Anemia without Ringed Sideroblasts
Refractory Cytopenias and Multilineage Dysplasia
Refractory Anemia with Excess of Type 1 Myeloblasts
Refractory Anemia with Excess of Type 2 Myeloblasts
Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Isolated deletion of 5q
Unclassified Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Round Macrocytosis
Liver Disease
Alcoholism
Chemotherapeutic Agents
Preleukemia
Copper Deficiency
Dietary Deficiency
Post Gastrectomy
Malabsorption
Zinc Toxicity
Copper Chelator Therapy
Increased Peripheral Destruction or Loss (Elevated or Appropriate Reticulocyte Index)
Hemorrhage (Normal Indirect Bilirubin and LDH)
Hemolysis (Elevated Indirect Bilirubin and LDH)
Intravascular
Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction
Malaria
Snake Bite
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Extravascular
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency