Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-pftt2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-08T06:05:06.458Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 4 - The Clinical Approach to the Patient with Anemia

from Section 2 - The Patient with Anemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2018

By
Matthew Quesenberry ,
Alina Huang  and
Fred J. Schiffman
Edited by
Edward J. Benz, Jr. ,
Nancy Berliner  and
Fred J. Schiffman
Edward J. Benz, Jr.
Affiliation:
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Nancy Berliner
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Fred J. Schiffman
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, Boston
Get access

Summary

A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Chapter
Information
Anemia
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
 , pp. 23 - 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

WHO scientific group. Nutritional Anaemias. World Health Organization Technical Report Series 1968; no. 405:1–37.Google Scholar
Beutler, E, Waalen, J. The definition of anemia: what is the lower limit of normal of the blood hemoglobin concentration? Blood. 2006; 107:1747–1750.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ruíz-Argüelles, GJ, Sanchez-Medal, L, et al. Red cell indices in normal adults residing at altitude from sea level to 2670 meters. Am J Hematol. 1980; 8:265–271.Google Scholar
Nordenberg, D, Yip, R, and Binkin, NJ. The effect of cigarette smoking on hemoglobin levels and anemia screening. JAMA. 1990; 264:1556–1559.Google Scholar
Papayannopoulou, T, Migliacccio, AR. Biology of erythropoiesis, erythroid differentiation, and maturation. In: Hoffman, R, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2013:261–265.Google Scholar
Rose, MG, Berliner, N. Red blood cells. In: Schiffman, FJ, ed. Hematologic Pathophysiology. Philadelphia, New York: Lippincott – Raven;1998:54–55.Google Scholar
Massey, AC, et al. Microcytic anemia. Differential diagnosis and management of iron deficiency anemia. Med Clin North Am. 1992 May;76(3):549–566.Google Scholar
Looker, AC, Dallman, PR, Carrol, MD, et al. Prevalence of iron deficiency in the United States. JAMA. 1997; 277:973–976.Google Scholar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Iron Deficiency—United States 1999–2000. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002; 51:897.Google Scholar
Das, KC, et al. Erythropoiesis and erythropoietin in hypo- and hyperthyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1975; 40:211–220.Google Scholar
Garretty, G. Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia. Hematology. 2009:73–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shahidi, NT. Androgens and erythropoiesis. N Engl J Med. 1973; 289:72–80.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pratt, MC, et. al. Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on erythropoietin concentrations in healthy volunteers. Br J Clin Pharm. 1992; 34:363–365.Google Scholar
Kosiborod, M, et al. Anemia and outcomes in patients with heart failure. A study from the national heart care project. Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165:2237–2244.Google Scholar
Rees, DC, Williams, TN, Gladwin, MT. Sickle-cell disease. Lancet. 2010; 376:2018–2031.Google Scholar
Schiffman, Fred J. Clinical approach to the patient with hematologic problems. In: Schiffman, FJ, ed. Hematologic Pathophysiology. Philadelphia, New York: Lippincott–Raven; 1998:27–28.Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×