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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
nose, ears, or fingers ... fatigue, pallor, dyspnea ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... anemia • Cold ... younger pts) Differential
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential ... Agglutination - Cold agglutinins ... #Anemia #Differential ... #workup #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... anemia): ... . primary cold agglutin ... G6PD deficiency) ... Extravascular #Causes #differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... hematology for workup ... blood loss, Acute hemolysis ... , deficiency anemia
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Cough • Dyspnea ... nodosum • Immune hemolytic ... anemia • Pain ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Metabolic Acidosis ... - Insulin deficiency ... Crush injury, Hemolysis
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis ... Acidosis B. ... aldosterone synthase deficiency ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High