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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... Autoimmune diseases ... Lymphoproliferative diseases ... Insect stings Disease ... Comorbidity - Atopic diseases
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Disease 3 Types ... Agglutinin Disease ... test #cold # ... agglutinin #disease ... #hematology #diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
Iron Deficiency Anemia ... , diagnose iron ... disease with serology ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation #workup ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
PT, aPTT(liver disease ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... changes), high MCV anemia ... bypass), LFT (liver disease
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Consider sickle cell disease ... Agglutination - Cold ... agglutinins disease ... , Hemoglobin H disease ... #Algorithm #workup
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Autoimmune: Warm AIHA, Cold ... , Drugs, Liver Disease ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia ... Electrolytes: Wilson's disease ... Laboratory Tests
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Left-sided heart disease ... , aortic valve disease ... , mitral valve disease ... - Chronic lung disease ... Symptoms of right
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Disease: Lesions ... #rheumatology # ... disease
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... exclude inflammatory disease ... connective-tissue disease ... #Rheumatic #Disease
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
disease 24- ... C3, C4 - Test for ... disease. ... #testing #workup ... #diagnosis #glomerulonephritis