Routine assessment of iron status hinges on peripheral blood biomarker measurements. In recent decades, low serum ferritin concentrations have been the diagnostic standard for iron deficiency [10,11]. However, as this review will emphasise, no single test is universally reliable across varied clinical...
Peripheral blood smear.This test looks at the size and shape of your red blood cells. In iron deficiency anemia, red blood cells are smaller than usual. Hematocrit.This test shows how much of your blood is made up of red cells. Hemoglobin.This test shows the amount of this protein in yo...
Peripheral blood smear shows hypochromic microcytic cells:Pencil cells and target cells (bull’s-eyes) are also present in this film. Image:“Peripheral Smear Shows Hypochromic microcytic cells” by Ed Uthman. License: CC BY 2.0 Related videos 7:08 Iron Deficiency Anemia: Iron Studies Management...
Exclusion criteria: systemic illness, leucocytosis, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, peripheral smear abnormality or iron supplementation. Blood sample was collected for complete blood count and ferritin assay. ID was defined as serum ferritin <12 μg/L. IDA was defined as ID plus Hb ≤ 10.5...
(RDW), reflecting a varied size distribution of red blood cells. A low MCV,MCHorMCHC, and the appearance of the RBCs on visual examination of a peripheral blood smear will narrow the diagnosis to amicrocytic anaemia. Microcytic anemia can also be the result of malabsorption phenomena associated...
To assess the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in predominantly breastfed, 3–5-mo-old infants, born at term, with a birth weight ≥ 2.5 kg.The cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient department of a tertiary care center from January 2013 ...
A low MCV, MCH or MCHC, and the appearance of the RBCs on visual examination of a peripheral blood smear will narrow the diagnosis to a microcytic anaemia. Microcytic anemia can also be the result of malabsorption phenomena associated with gluten-sensitive enteropathy/coeliac disease. ...
Peripheral smear test used for identifying the iron deficiency anaemia. Results: The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result shows that out of 300 adolescents75 (25%) of adolescents were overweight. Out of 100 children (50+50) 19(38%) were anemic in ...
Serum iron, ferritin, transferrin, folate, vitamin B12, erythropoietin, total iron-binding capacity, reticulocyte count, peripheral smear, and bone marrow aspirate were evaluated in patients with anemia. Data analysis was performed with EPI Info version 6.4d. Iron-deficiency anemia was identified in ...
The effect of Cbl deficiency on epithelial cells may result in the classic “beefy red smooth tongue” (atrophic glossitis). More important, Cbl deficiency is often associated with a peripheral neuropathy and demyelinization of the dorsal and lateral columns of the spinal cord (i.e., subacute ...