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Anemia - hemolytic
Symptoms
- Chills
Dark urine Enlarged spleen Fatigue - Fever
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Pale skin color (pallor) Rapid heart rate Shortness of breath - Yellow skin color (jaundice)
Signs and tests
These are tests for red blood cell destruction (hemolysis). Specific tests can identify the types of hemolytic anemia. They are usually performed when hemolysis is suspected or has been determined.
- Absolute
reticulocyte count - Free
hemoglobin in the serum or urine - Hemosiderin in the urine
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Red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin, andhematocrit (HCT) -
Serum haptoglobin levels - Serum indirect
bilirubin levels Serum LDH - Urine and fecal urobilinogen
Directly measuring the red cell life span with radioactive tagging techniques shows a shortened life span.
This disease may also affect the following test results, depending on the specific cause:
AST Coombs' test, direct - Coombs' test, indirect
Donath-Landsteiner test Febrile or cold agglutinins Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase Peripheral blood smear Platelet count Protein electrophoresis - serum RBC indices Serum creatinine Serum ferritin Serum iron -
Serum potassium level Serum uric acid TIBC White blood count differential
Images
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Review Date: 01/31/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assitant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant
Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
