Low serum iron associated with low hemoglobin (Hgb) or microcytic, hypochromic red blood cells (RBCs)
Because normal Hgb varies with age and sex, anemia is defined as Hgb level 2 stan...
Asymptomatic in most cases; symptoms may occur in severe anemia:
Weakness, fatigue, malaise, headaches, and/or inability to concentrate
Exertional dyspnea
Angina with coronary artery dis...
Search for underlying cause and correct it.
Avoid transfusions, except in rare cases.
Elemental iron 100–200 mg/day for adults (whether pregnant or not) (2)
Elemental...
Monitor patients every 3 months after Hgb normalizes for a year and then yearly (1)[C].
Hgb increases 1 g/dL every 3 to 4 weeks.
Iron stores may ...
D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
D50 Iron deficiency anemia
O99.01 Anemia complicating pregnancy
D50.1 Sideropenic dysphagia
D50.0 Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chron...
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) due to poor dietary iron intake is the most common anemia.
Blood loss and reduced iron stores due to poor utilization or malabsorption are risk factors for ...
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FIGURE 41.7. The peripheral blood smear of refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts is characterized by a dimorphic red cell population. A distinct population of hypochromic, often microcytic erythrocytes can be found admixed with normochromic, normocytic, or macrocytic erythrocytes.
FIGURE 41.7. The peripheral blood smear of refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts is characterized by a dimorphic red cell population....
<bold>FIGURE 16-7</bold> Iron deficiency anemia. A peripheral smear shows hypochromic and microcytic erythrocytes. Poikilocytosis (irregular shape) and anisocytosis (irregular size) are often observed.
<bold>FIGURE 16-7</bold> Iron deficiency anemia. A peripheral smear shows hypochromic and microcytic erythrocytes. Poikilocyto...
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) White cells Not remarkable Platelets Normal or slightly increased Red cells Hb and Hct decreased Microcytic, hypochromic anemia Reticulocytes normal or slightly increased Increased RDW Pencil or cigar shaped red cells, codocytes Bone marrow Normoblastic hyperplasia Absent hemosiderin Decreased sideroblasts (less than 10%) Normoblasts are smaller than normal with ragged rims of cytoplasm containing little h...
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) White cells Not remarkable Platelets Normal or slightly increased Red cells Hb and Hct decrease...
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia White cells Not remarkable Platelets Decreased Red cells Normocytic, normochromic anemia Increased reticulocytes Schistocytes Polychromatophilia Peripheral Smear
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia White cells Not remarkable Platelets Decreased Red cells Normocytic, normochromic anemia ...
<bold><italic>Figure 11-8</bold> The blood in iron deficiency anemia. A.</bold> Normal blood smear. <bold>B.</bold> Blood smear in iron deficiency anemia. The red cells are small (microcytic) and pale (hypochromic).
<bold><italic>Figure 11-8</bold> The blood in iron deficiency anemia. A.</bold> Normal blood smear. <bold>B....
<bold>FIGURE 20-8. Microcytic hypochromic anemia caused by iron deficiency.</bold> Red blood cells are significantly smaller than the nucleus of a lymphocyte.
<bold>FIGURE 20-8. Microcytic hypochromic anemia caused by iron deficiency.</bold> Red blood cells are significantly smaller t...