Sandbox:DD HA

DD of hemolytic anemia

Characterisitc/Parameter	Etiology	Mean corpuscular volume	Laboratory abnormalities	Physical examination	Treatment	Other associated abnormalities
Hemolytic anemia	Drug-induced Immune-mediated Non-immune-mediated Infections Rheumatologic disease
Sideroblastic anemia	Alcoholism Lead poisoning Vitamin B6 deficiency Isoniazid Chloramphenicol
Anemia of chronic disease	Chronic kidney disease Rheumatologic disease Cancer HIV Chronic infection; excess release of IL-1 and IL-6
Thalassemia	Genetic defect with alpha- or beta-globin production
Iron deficiency anemia	Loss of iron from gastrointestinal blood loss or menstrual blood loss
Erythropoietin deficiency	Chronic kidney disease or other renal dysfunction
Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency	Pernicious anemia Diphyllobothrium latum infection Nutritional deficiency Crohn's disease of terminal ileum