*RED CELL SURVIVAL INTERPRETATION* 1. SHORTENED Cr-51 RED CELL SURVIVAL -ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE (CANCER, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, HEPATITIS, UREMIA) -ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE -AUTOANTIBODIES -DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION -DRUGS (ALPHA-METHYLDOPA, PENICILLIN, PHENACETIN, QUINIDINE) -GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING DURING TEST -HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS, ELLIPTOCYTOSIS -HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES -INFECTION (BACTERIAL, MALARIA) -IRON DEFICIENCY -LEUKEMIA -PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA -TOXINS (ARSENIC, BENZENE, LEAD, TOLUENE, ETC.) -TRANSFUSION DURING TEST -VASCULITIS -VITAMIN DEFICIENCY (B12, FOLATE) *OTHERS INTERPRETATION* *SPECIAL IN VITRO PROCEDURES* |