DVT low RBC?

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I am doing my patient research for clinical tomorrow. My pt's only diagnosis is rt arm DVT. I can't find anything about why his RBC, Hct, and Hgb are low. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it!

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

There is some medical problem going on that needs to be discovered by the physician. If the patient has had some previous surgery on that arm, an injury or atherosclerosis that would contribute to the formation of a DVT.

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Specializes in CTICU.

A LOW platelet count contribute to DVT? I think I'd have to disagree. DVT is due to Virchow's triad: vessel injury, hypercoagulability and venous stasis.

A high PLT count might contribute to this, but not a low one (unless there was a consumptive coagulopathy with bleeding/thrombosis features such as HIT, TTP etc).

Is the patient already being treated with anticoagulants for the DVT? Could be bleeding related to that if so. Could there be RBC trapping in the DVT clot?

Really, you just have to review the causes of anemia, it could be any of them.

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia could cause both low plts and blood clots.

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