Anemia of Chronic Disease

Gender of the patient

Does the patient have an acute or chronic systemic disorder?

Hematocrit (enter as a percent from 0 to 100)

Serum iron level

Lower limit of reference range for serum iron

Serum ferritin

Have you done a bone marrow study?

Are iron stores normal or increased in the bone marrow?

Have you administered erythropoietin to the patient?

Did the patient show increased red cell production after erythropoietin?

Have you measured serum cytokine levels?

Are serum cytokine levels elevated?

Red cell indices

Explanation for anemia by another cause

Reticulocyte production