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Type of Anem ia

Vit B-12

Folic Acid

Iron deficiency

Blood Loss

Hem olytic Anem ia

Red Blood Cell (Erythrocyte) Count Hem oglobin (Hgb) in grams per dl Hem atocrit (% ) Mean corpuscular volum e (MCV) in cubic microns Mean corpuscular hem oglogin (MCH) in picograms per RBC Mean corpuscular Hgb concentration (MCHC) in gm /dl Reticulocytes (% ) Vitamin B-12 levels Folic acid levels Serum Iron levels Total Iron binding capacity Transferrin saturation Ferritin RBC distribution width Antiglobulin test in imm une types Serum haptoglobin Plasm a (free) Hgb

dec

dec

dec

dec

dec

dec dec inc m acrocytic

dec dec inc macrocytic

dec dec dec m icrocytic

dec 0 or dec

dec dec

dec dec

0 or dec

inc

inc

dec

0 or dec

0 normochrom ic 0 or dec dec

0 norm ochrom ic 0 or dec

dec hypochrom ic 0 or dec

0 norm ochrom ic inc

0 or dec norm or hypo 0 or dec

inc

dec dec inc dec dec

dec dec inc 0

inc dec inc hypochromic (low) = decreased m ean corpuscular Hgb concentration normochrom ic (norm al) = norm al m ean corpuscular Hgb concentration hyperchromic (high) = increased m ean corpuscular Hgb concentration m icrocytic (sm all) = decreased m ean corpuscular volum e normocytic (norm al) = norm al m ean corpuscular volum e m acrocytic (high) = increased m ean corpuscular volum e

RBC color

RBC size