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Normal Values
The normal range depends on the level of hemoglobin, and the range is higher if there is low
hemoglobin due to bleeding or red cell destruction.
• Bleeding
• Erythroblastosis fetalis
• Hemolytic anemia
• Kidney disease with increased erythropoietin production
• Bone marrow failure (for example, from drug toxicity, tumor, or infection)
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Folate deficiency
• Iron deficiency
• Kidney disease with decreased erythropoietin production
• Radiation therapy
• Vitamin B-12 deficiency
• Severe thrombocytopenia
Table 2
Category Examples
Platelet disorders
disorder) syndromes)
splenomegaly)
Increased platelet
destruction or consumption
(eg, idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura,
DIC, thrombotic
thrombocytopenic purpura,
hemolytic-uremic syndrome,
Drug-induced destruction
TRADE NAMES
CARDIOQUIN
QUINAGLUTE
QUALAQUIN
, sulfonamides,
TRADE NAMES
RIFADIN
RIMACTANE
, gold salts)
disorder)
disorder)
Drug-induced dysfunction
NAMES
BUFFERIN
ECOTRIN
GENACOTE
, NSAIDs)
occasionally,
myeloproliferative or
myelodysplastic syndromes,
multiple myeloma)
Coagulation disorders
Liver disease
or heparin
DIC
deficiency)
Hemophilia B (factor IX
deficiency)
Vascular disorders
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
(eg, Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome, osteogenesis
imperfecta, Marfan
syndrome)
Hereditary hemorrhagic
telangiectasia
Evaluation