Dr Dujana Kadeeja Ashraf
APPROACH TO ANEMIA
Definition
• Defined as a decrease in circulating red blood cell mass- Hb less than 12g/dl
or Hct <36% for non pregnant women and Hb< 13g/dl or Hct <39% in men
• Anemia is basically an objective sign of disease and needs further evaluation
to determine the underlying cause and appropriate treatment.
HEMATOPOIESIS
ERYTHROPOIETIN
• Glycoprotein hormone
• Produced by peri tubular capillary lining of cells in kidney
• Small amount by liver
• EPO gene regulation is done by HIF 1alpha
RETICULOCYTES
• They are prematurely released RBCs from the bone marrow
• Appear in circulation due to EPO stimulation or bone marrow damage(fibrosis,
infiltration by malignant cells)
• Appear greyish blue due to residual ribosomal RNA
• Reticulocyte count - 1-2 %
CORRECTION
• RC% = (No. of reticulocytes/RBC) X 100
• First correction - CRC
• CRC = (Hb/15) x RC OR (Hct/45)x RC
• This is done to correct reticulocyte count based on the reduced number of
RBCs
Second correction
• This is done if there are polychromatophilic macrocytes
• They are known as shift cells - prematurely released reticulocytes
• CRC/2 (correction factor can be 1-3)
• This is known as reticulocyte production index (RPI)
CLASSIFICATION
• ETIOLOGICAL-
• Blood loss - acute and chronic
• Decreased RBC production
• Increased RBC destruction (Hemolysis)
• MORPHOLOGICAL
• Microcytic when MCV is less than 80fl
• Normocytic-MCV IS 80-96 fl
• Macrocytic - MCV more than 96fl
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EVALUATION
• HISTORY
• PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
• LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
HISTORY
• Acute -Patient with abrupt onset of anemia tolerate diminished RBC mass
poorly.Experience symptoms of fatigue, malaise, dyspnea, syncope angina
• Chronic anemia are usually less symptomatic.Experience symptoms with
increased activity or exertion.
• CVS AND PULMONARY FEATURES-
• Exertional fatigue,
• dizziness, palpitations
• Angina
• Symptoms of cardiac failure
• GI FEATURES
• occult bleeding (Malena)
• PICA (consumption of substances of no nutritional value like ice, clay)
• Dysphagia in pernicious anemia
• CNS FEATURES
• Peripheral neuropathy,paresthesia,seizures (Vit B12 def )
• confusion
• dementia
• Restless leg syndrome (IDA)
• OBSTETRIC AND MENSTRUAL HISTORY- symptoms of menorrhagia
• PAST HISTORY- GI surgery ,gastric atrophy, renal disease,rheumatologic
disease, history of blood transfusion
• Hookworm infection
• FAMILY HISTORY - hemoglobinopathies
• DRUG INTAKE -
• DIETARY INTAKE- vegetarian/non vegetarian,PICA
• Symptoms suggestive of other cytopenias like bruising,recurrent infections
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
• Vitals - PR and BP
• HEAD TO FOOT EXAMINATION
• Pallor- Is examined at lower palpebral conjunctiva, palms, tongue, mucous
membrane of mouth, Nail bed skin
• scleral icterus- haemolytic anemia
• Glossitis - pernicious anemia
• lymphadenopathy
• Sternal tenderness
• Koilonychia - iron defieciency anemia
• Petechia in skin- suggests of bone marrow failure or anemia due to bleeding disorde
• Chronic leg ulcers- sickle cell anaemia, hereditary spherocytosis
• THALASSEMIA FEATURES
• knuckle hyperpigmentation-
• CVS
• signs of congestive cardiac failure
• flow murmur
• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• Wheeze in acute chest syndrome
• PAH due to vascular occlusion in sickle cell anaemia
• CNS
• Ataxia
• decreased vibratory and position sense
• GIT
• Splenomegaly- extra medullary hematopoiesis
MICROCYTIC ANEMIA
CLASSIFICATION
• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
• DISORDERS OF GLOBIN SYNTHESIS- THALASSEMIAS
• SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIAS
• ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
• Mcc of anemia
• usually chronic with a low reticulocyte count
• causes-1.Increased iron loss -GI loss, menses, hookworm infection,
• 2. decreased iron intake or absorption - bariatric surgery, gastrectomy,
crohn’s disease, celiac disease
• 3. increased iron requirement - pregnancy, rapid growth in infancy or
adolescence
• 4.Drugs - glucocorticoids,NSAIDs,proton pump inhibitors
STAGES
1. NEGATIVE IRON BALANCE
2. IRON DEFICIENT ERYTHROPOIESIS
3. IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
LAB
• S Fe and TIBC
• S Ferritin low
• Bone marrow iron stores
• Red cell protoporphyrin levels
• S levels of transferrin receptor protein
• DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
• Bone marrow biopsy shows absent staining to iron is the definitive test to
diagnose
• ID IS NOT THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS, IT IS INDICATIVE OF AN UNDERLYING
ETIOLOGY
TREATMENT
• Oral iron therapy -
• ferrous sulphate is the most common prescribed formulation
• Dosage - 100-200mg of elemental iron per day (50mg/day)
• with normal bone marrow and normal EPO stimulus this results in RBC production of
• 2-3 times of normal
• Goal of treatment is to correct anemia +0.5-1g for stores
• Duration is 6-12 months
• Reticulocyte response begins in 4-7 days
• Reticulocyte response peeks in 1-1.5 weeks
• Increase in Hb 14-21 days
• Normal iron stores 4-5 months
• Absence of response – rule out compliance , absorption issues
• Parenteral iron therapy -
• Indications-
• Inadequate response to oral iron
• poor absorption
• intolerance to oral preparation
• Need for rapid response
• Persistant bleeding
• GI causes- bariatric surgery,celiac sprue
• Organ dysfunction - CKD,
• Total iron requirement-
• MODIFIED GANZONI FORMULA- weight x (15-hb) x 2.4+ 500
• IV PREPARATIONS
• First generation- iron dextran
• Second generation - iron sucrose, ferric gluconate
• Third - ferumoxytol,ferric carboy maltose, iron isomaltoside
• RED CELL TRANSFUSION
• Indications
• severe anemia with hemodynamic instability
• excessive blood loss which needs an immediate intervention
• ADVANTAGES
• can correct anemia acutely
• transfused RBC provide a source of iron for reutilisation
OTHER HYPOPROLIFERATIVE ANEMIAS
THALASSEMIA
• Inherited disorders characterised by reduced Hgb synthesis associated with
mutations in either alpha or beta gene of molecule
• BETA THALASSEMIA - decreased production of beta globin chain that results
in excess alpha globin chain synthesis forming insoluble alpha tetramers
which leads to ineffective erythropoiesis
• ALPHA THALASSEMIA - Due to deletion of one or more alpha globin chains
leading to beta globin excess
• DIAGNOSIS
• Peripheral smear - microcytic hypochromic RBCs with target cells, tear
drop cells (s/o extra medullary heamtopoiesis)
• DIAGNOSTIC -Hgb electrophoresis ( increased percentage of Hgb A2
and HgbF )
• For alpha thalassemia - alpha globin gene analysis
• TREATMENT
• In severe forms of the disease- RBC transfusions done to maintain an Hb level o
• coupled with oral iron chelation to prevent accumulation of iron
• Repeated transfusions can lead to iron overload
• Iron chelation therapy is indicated when ferritin is consistently >1000 ng/ml
oral - deferasirox,deferiprone
IV- deferoxamine
• Hydroxyurea - to increase HgbF
• To improve ineffective erythropoiesis - Luspatercept (enhances late stage
erythropoiesis) given s/c 1mg/kg every 3 weeks
MENTZER INDEX
• MCV/RBC <13 is seen in thalassemia
SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA
• Characterised by abnormal iron metabolism associated with the presence of ring
sideroblasts in the developing RBCs
• ETIOLOGY
• ACQUIRED
• Primary sideroblastic anemia (MDS)
• Secondary sideroblastic anemia is caused by
• drugs like chloramphenicol,cycloserine,ethanol,isoniazid,
• lead and zinc toxicity
• HEREDITARY
• X linked-ALA synthetase deficiency
• Fe profile - all increases except TIBC
• Peripheral smear - Papenheimer bodies- siderocyte stained with ramonowsky
stain due to non heme iron deposition
• Marrow iron stores increase
Investigations
Treatment
• No definitive treatment
• Pyridoxine - INH induced
ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE
• CHRONIC INFECTIONS MALIGNANT DISEASES
• Pulmonary infections-abscesses,TB,pneumonia carcinomas
• SABE hodgkin disease , NHL
• Pelvic inflammatory diseases Leukemia
• osteomyelitis
• chronic urinary tract infections
• meningitis
• INFLAMMATIONS
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• SLE
• Severe trauma
MACROCYTIC ANEMIA
• Group of disorders characterised by presence of distinctive morphological
appearances of developing red cells in bone marrow.
• Can be
1. Megaloblastic - nuclear maturation defect
2. Non megaloblastic - nuclear maturation normal
• MEGALOBLASTIC NON MEGALOBLASTIC
• Nuclear maturation defect Normal
• CAUSES
• VIT B12 deficiency- chronic liver disease
• Pernicious anemia, thyroid diseases
• nutritional deficiency drugs
• Folate deficiency - dietary,antifolates
• Folate deficiency- mcc is dietary deficiency,
Thiamine responsive megaloblastic anemia
• Triad of megaloblastic anemia with ringed sideroblast+DM+SNHL
DIAGNOSIS
• MCV high
• Earliest PS finding is macro ovalocyte
• PS- anisocytosis,poikilocytosis
• hypersegmented neutrophil (>5 lobes)
• leucopenia due to decrease in granulocyte and lymphocyte
• BONE MARROW - hypercellular with accumulation of primitive cells
• megaloblasts
• giant band forms
• enlarged hyperploid megakaryocyte are characteristic
TESTS FOR COBALAMIN AND FOLATE
COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY
1. S.cobalamin - normal range -148-738pmol/l
2. S MMA - used for early diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency
3. S Homocysteine -high in both early cobalamin and folate deficiency
FOLATE DEFICIENCY
• S folate - 11-82 nmol/l
• Rises in severe cobalamin deficiency
TREATMENT OF B12 AND FOLATE DEFICIENCY
• B12 for replenishing stores - 1000mcg IM inj at 3-7 day interval for 8 weeks.
• Maintenance dose - 1000mcg IM monthly
• oral doses 50mcg daily
• Folate - 5 to 15 mg FA daily at least 4 months till all folate deficient cells are
replaced
• Folinic acid - mtx/DHF reductase inhibitors
In megaloblastic anemia ,when only FA is corrected,
• Anemia is corrected due to tetrahydrofolate formation from FA .
• Neurological manifestations worsen as methionine
is not formed ( methyl B12 absent)
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
• There is premature destruction of RBC so to compensate there is increase in
production capacity of RBCs by bone marrow
• When the rate of production exceeds the bone marrow capacity of producing
more will manifest as haemolytic anemia
CLASSIFICATION
• Inherited/Acquired
• Acute/Chronic
• Intravascular/Extravascular
• Intracorpuscular/Extracorpuscular
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
LABORATORY SIGNS OF HEMOLYSIS
• Increased indirect bilirubin
• increased serum LDH
• Decreased serum haptoglobin
• hemoglobinemia
• hemoglobinuria
• Metheamoglobinemia
• reticulocytosis
• PERIPHERAL SMEAR
• Polychromatophilia,nuceated RBCs
• basophilic stippling
• B.M aspirate - erythroid hyperplasia
THANK YOU
REFERANCES
• Harrisons principles
• Washington manual of medical therapeutics

anemia final ppt .pptx

  • 1.
    Dr Dujana KadeejaAshraf APPROACH TO ANEMIA
  • 2.
    Definition • Defined asa decrease in circulating red blood cell mass- Hb less than 12g/dl or Hct <36% for non pregnant women and Hb< 13g/dl or Hct <39% in men • Anemia is basically an objective sign of disease and needs further evaluation to determine the underlying cause and appropriate treatment.
  • 3.
  • 4.
    ERYTHROPOIETIN • Glycoprotein hormone •Produced by peri tubular capillary lining of cells in kidney • Small amount by liver • EPO gene regulation is done by HIF 1alpha
  • 5.
    RETICULOCYTES • They areprematurely released RBCs from the bone marrow • Appear in circulation due to EPO stimulation or bone marrow damage(fibrosis, infiltration by malignant cells) • Appear greyish blue due to residual ribosomal RNA • Reticulocyte count - 1-2 %
  • 6.
    CORRECTION • RC% =(No. of reticulocytes/RBC) X 100 • First correction - CRC • CRC = (Hb/15) x RC OR (Hct/45)x RC • This is done to correct reticulocyte count based on the reduced number of RBCs
  • 7.
    Second correction • Thisis done if there are polychromatophilic macrocytes • They are known as shift cells - prematurely released reticulocytes • CRC/2 (correction factor can be 1-3) • This is known as reticulocyte production index (RPI)
  • 8.
    CLASSIFICATION • ETIOLOGICAL- • Bloodloss - acute and chronic • Decreased RBC production • Increased RBC destruction (Hemolysis) • MORPHOLOGICAL • Microcytic when MCV is less than 80fl • Normocytic-MCV IS 80-96 fl • Macrocytic - MCV more than 96fl 8
  • 9.
    EVALUATION • HISTORY • PHYSICALEXAMINATION • LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
  • 10.
    HISTORY • Acute -Patientwith abrupt onset of anemia tolerate diminished RBC mass poorly.Experience symptoms of fatigue, malaise, dyspnea, syncope angina • Chronic anemia are usually less symptomatic.Experience symptoms with increased activity or exertion. • CVS AND PULMONARY FEATURES- • Exertional fatigue, • dizziness, palpitations • Angina • Symptoms of cardiac failure
  • 11.
    • GI FEATURES •occult bleeding (Malena) • PICA (consumption of substances of no nutritional value like ice, clay) • Dysphagia in pernicious anemia
  • 12.
    • CNS FEATURES •Peripheral neuropathy,paresthesia,seizures (Vit B12 def ) • confusion • dementia • Restless leg syndrome (IDA)
  • 13.
    • OBSTETRIC ANDMENSTRUAL HISTORY- symptoms of menorrhagia • PAST HISTORY- GI surgery ,gastric atrophy, renal disease,rheumatologic disease, history of blood transfusion • Hookworm infection • FAMILY HISTORY - hemoglobinopathies • DRUG INTAKE - • DIETARY INTAKE- vegetarian/non vegetarian,PICA • Symptoms suggestive of other cytopenias like bruising,recurrent infections
  • 14.
    PHYSICAL EXAMINATION • Vitals- PR and BP • HEAD TO FOOT EXAMINATION • Pallor- Is examined at lower palpebral conjunctiva, palms, tongue, mucous membrane of mouth, Nail bed skin • scleral icterus- haemolytic anemia • Glossitis - pernicious anemia • lymphadenopathy • Sternal tenderness
  • 15.
    • Koilonychia -iron defieciency anemia • Petechia in skin- suggests of bone marrow failure or anemia due to bleeding disorde • Chronic leg ulcers- sickle cell anaemia, hereditary spherocytosis • THALASSEMIA FEATURES
  • 17.
    • knuckle hyperpigmentation- •CVS • signs of congestive cardiac failure • flow murmur • RESPIRATORY SYSTEM • Wheeze in acute chest syndrome • PAH due to vascular occlusion in sickle cell anaemia
  • 18.
    • CNS • Ataxia •decreased vibratory and position sense • GIT • Splenomegaly- extra medullary hematopoiesis
  • 21.
    MICROCYTIC ANEMIA CLASSIFICATION • IRONDEFICIENCY ANEMIA • DISORDERS OF GLOBIN SYNTHESIS- THALASSEMIAS • SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIAS • ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE
  • 22.
    IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA •Mcc of anemia • usually chronic with a low reticulocyte count • causes-1.Increased iron loss -GI loss, menses, hookworm infection, • 2. decreased iron intake or absorption - bariatric surgery, gastrectomy, crohn’s disease, celiac disease • 3. increased iron requirement - pregnancy, rapid growth in infancy or adolescence • 4.Drugs - glucocorticoids,NSAIDs,proton pump inhibitors
  • 23.
    STAGES 1. NEGATIVE IRONBALANCE 2. IRON DEFICIENT ERYTHROPOIESIS 3. IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
  • 24.
    LAB • S Feand TIBC • S Ferritin low • Bone marrow iron stores • Red cell protoporphyrin levels • S levels of transferrin receptor protein
  • 26.
    • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS •Bone marrow biopsy shows absent staining to iron is the definitive test to diagnose • ID IS NOT THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS, IT IS INDICATIVE OF AN UNDERLYING ETIOLOGY
  • 27.
    TREATMENT • Oral irontherapy - • ferrous sulphate is the most common prescribed formulation • Dosage - 100-200mg of elemental iron per day (50mg/day) • with normal bone marrow and normal EPO stimulus this results in RBC production of • 2-3 times of normal • Goal of treatment is to correct anemia +0.5-1g for stores • Duration is 6-12 months
  • 28.
    • Reticulocyte responsebegins in 4-7 days • Reticulocyte response peeks in 1-1.5 weeks • Increase in Hb 14-21 days • Normal iron stores 4-5 months • Absence of response – rule out compliance , absorption issues
  • 29.
    • Parenteral irontherapy - • Indications- • Inadequate response to oral iron • poor absorption • intolerance to oral preparation • Need for rapid response • Persistant bleeding • GI causes- bariatric surgery,celiac sprue • Organ dysfunction - CKD,
  • 30.
    • Total ironrequirement- • MODIFIED GANZONI FORMULA- weight x (15-hb) x 2.4+ 500 • IV PREPARATIONS • First generation- iron dextran • Second generation - iron sucrose, ferric gluconate • Third - ferumoxytol,ferric carboy maltose, iron isomaltoside
  • 31.
    • RED CELLTRANSFUSION • Indications • severe anemia with hemodynamic instability • excessive blood loss which needs an immediate intervention • ADVANTAGES • can correct anemia acutely • transfused RBC provide a source of iron for reutilisation
  • 32.
  • 33.
    THALASSEMIA • Inherited disorderscharacterised by reduced Hgb synthesis associated with mutations in either alpha or beta gene of molecule • BETA THALASSEMIA - decreased production of beta globin chain that results in excess alpha globin chain synthesis forming insoluble alpha tetramers which leads to ineffective erythropoiesis • ALPHA THALASSEMIA - Due to deletion of one or more alpha globin chains leading to beta globin excess
  • 34.
    • DIAGNOSIS • Peripheralsmear - microcytic hypochromic RBCs with target cells, tear drop cells (s/o extra medullary heamtopoiesis) • DIAGNOSTIC -Hgb electrophoresis ( increased percentage of Hgb A2 and HgbF ) • For alpha thalassemia - alpha globin gene analysis
  • 35.
    • TREATMENT • Insevere forms of the disease- RBC transfusions done to maintain an Hb level o • coupled with oral iron chelation to prevent accumulation of iron • Repeated transfusions can lead to iron overload • Iron chelation therapy is indicated when ferritin is consistently >1000 ng/ml oral - deferasirox,deferiprone IV- deferoxamine • Hydroxyurea - to increase HgbF
  • 36.
    • To improveineffective erythropoiesis - Luspatercept (enhances late stage erythropoiesis) given s/c 1mg/kg every 3 weeks
  • 37.
    MENTZER INDEX • MCV/RBC<13 is seen in thalassemia
  • 38.
    SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA • Characterisedby abnormal iron metabolism associated with the presence of ring sideroblasts in the developing RBCs • ETIOLOGY • ACQUIRED • Primary sideroblastic anemia (MDS) • Secondary sideroblastic anemia is caused by • drugs like chloramphenicol,cycloserine,ethanol,isoniazid, • lead and zinc toxicity • HEREDITARY • X linked-ALA synthetase deficiency
  • 39.
    • Fe profile- all increases except TIBC • Peripheral smear - Papenheimer bodies- siderocyte stained with ramonowsky stain due to non heme iron deposition • Marrow iron stores increase Investigations
  • 41.
    Treatment • No definitivetreatment • Pyridoxine - INH induced
  • 42.
  • 43.
    • CHRONIC INFECTIONSMALIGNANT DISEASES • Pulmonary infections-abscesses,TB,pneumonia carcinomas • SABE hodgkin disease , NHL • Pelvic inflammatory diseases Leukemia • osteomyelitis • chronic urinary tract infections • meningitis • INFLAMMATIONS • Rheumatoid arthritis • SLE • Severe trauma
  • 44.
    MACROCYTIC ANEMIA • Groupof disorders characterised by presence of distinctive morphological appearances of developing red cells in bone marrow. • Can be 1. Megaloblastic - nuclear maturation defect 2. Non megaloblastic - nuclear maturation normal
  • 45.
    • MEGALOBLASTIC NONMEGALOBLASTIC • Nuclear maturation defect Normal • CAUSES • VIT B12 deficiency- chronic liver disease • Pernicious anemia, thyroid diseases • nutritional deficiency drugs • Folate deficiency - dietary,antifolates • Folate deficiency- mcc is dietary deficiency,
  • 47.
    Thiamine responsive megaloblasticanemia • Triad of megaloblastic anemia with ringed sideroblast+DM+SNHL
  • 48.
    DIAGNOSIS • MCV high •Earliest PS finding is macro ovalocyte • PS- anisocytosis,poikilocytosis • hypersegmented neutrophil (>5 lobes) • leucopenia due to decrease in granulocyte and lymphocyte • BONE MARROW - hypercellular with accumulation of primitive cells • megaloblasts • giant band forms • enlarged hyperploid megakaryocyte are characteristic
  • 50.
  • 51.
    COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY 1. S.cobalamin- normal range -148-738pmol/l 2. S MMA - used for early diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency 3. S Homocysteine -high in both early cobalamin and folate deficiency
  • 52.
    FOLATE DEFICIENCY • Sfolate - 11-82 nmol/l • Rises in severe cobalamin deficiency
  • 53.
    TREATMENT OF B12AND FOLATE DEFICIENCY • B12 for replenishing stores - 1000mcg IM inj at 3-7 day interval for 8 weeks. • Maintenance dose - 1000mcg IM monthly • oral doses 50mcg daily • Folate - 5 to 15 mg FA daily at least 4 months till all folate deficient cells are replaced • Folinic acid - mtx/DHF reductase inhibitors
  • 54.
    In megaloblastic anemia,when only FA is corrected, • Anemia is corrected due to tetrahydrofolate formation from FA . • Neurological manifestations worsen as methionine is not formed ( methyl B12 absent)
  • 55.
    HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA • Thereis premature destruction of RBC so to compensate there is increase in production capacity of RBCs by bone marrow • When the rate of production exceeds the bone marrow capacity of producing more will manifest as haemolytic anemia
  • 56.
    CLASSIFICATION • Inherited/Acquired • Acute/Chronic •Intravascular/Extravascular • Intracorpuscular/Extracorpuscular
  • 57.
  • 60.
    LABORATORY SIGNS OFHEMOLYSIS • Increased indirect bilirubin • increased serum LDH • Decreased serum haptoglobin • hemoglobinemia • hemoglobinuria • Metheamoglobinemia • reticulocytosis
  • 61.
    • PERIPHERAL SMEAR •Polychromatophilia,nuceated RBCs • basophilic stippling • B.M aspirate - erythroid hyperplasia
  • 62.
  • 63.
    REFERANCES • Harrisons principles •Washington manual of medical therapeutics