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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
thrombocytopenia • AIHA ... Hypogammaglobulinemia • Warm AIHA ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... Table Warm AIHA ... Disease Mixed-type AIHA ... DAT-negative AIHA ... Hemolytic #Anemia #AIHA
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

WARM AHA
- Primary - Idiopathics
- Secondary
Infectious
 • Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV, HEV
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Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... ) WARM AHA - ... alpha-methyldopa COLD AHA ... Hemolytic #Anemia #AIHA
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Pathophysiology - Warm vs Cold AIHA
Warm AIHA:
 - 70%; IgG mediated
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Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... - Warm vs Cold AIHA ... Warm AIHA: - 70% ... spherocytes Cold AIHA ... BrighamMedRes #AIHA
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Immune-Mediated • Warm AIHA ... • Cold AIHA ... • Drug-induced AIHA ... Complement-Mediated • Cold AIHA
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... Treatment Warm AIHA ... azathioprine Cold AIHA ... BrighamMedRes #AIHA ... Hemolytic #Anemia #AIHA
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... Aisha Shaikh @aishaikh ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup ... Aisha Shaikh @aishaikh ... #Hypocalcemia #Workup
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Workup of Hypercalcemia ... Aisha Shaikh @aishaikh ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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1) DIAGNOSE AIHA ... screening 3) TREAT AIHA