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  • Title: [Anemia, this time without iron deficiency].
    Author: Gregor M.
    Journal: Praxis (Bern 1994); 2007 Mar 14; 96(11):416-20. PubMed ID: 17405534.
    Abstract:
    The approach to anemia by the primary care physician is to diagnose treatable causes like nutritional deficiencies, renal insufficiency, chronic inflammatory disease or hemolysis. Measurement of reticulocytes allows a distinction of hemolytic and non-hemolytic anemia. Among hemolytic anemias it is important to recognize rare but potentially severe diseases as autoimmune hemolytic anemia, microangiopathic anemia and certain hereditary anemias. Non-hemolytic anemias can be categorized in microcytic, normocytic and macrocytic subtypes. This allows a rational stepwise approach for each category. Most anemias can be correctly classified, evaluated for underlying disease and treated by the primary care physician.
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