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What is the best indicator for response to RBC loss?
Reticulocyte count
What conditions lead to an elevated INDIRECT bilirubin?
Hemolysis and Gilberts syndrome
What are the causes of a microcytic anemia?
Sideroblastic, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency and chronic disease
What is the most common sideroblastic anemia basophilic stippling?
Lead
What problem do patients with one alpha globin chain (Hgb H) have?
Stillbirth = hydrops fetalis
What is another name for B-Thalassemia major?
Cooley anemia
What do people with Hgb H disease need?
Folic acid
What is the most common form of anemia?
Iron deficiency
What is the hallmark or iron deficiency?