Actualización en anemias hemolíticas

Hemolytic anemias are grouped in two big categories: hereditary HA, due to a half-life reduction of red cells as consequence to congenital structural defects (membranopathies, erythro-enzymopathies, thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies); and acquired HA which are divided in immune and non-immune mediated, highlighting its frequency the autoimmune anemias and its severity the thrombotic microangiopathies. Its distinctive features require different management strategies.