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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Cold Agglutinins ... agglutination After ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Anemia (AIHA) - Differential ... hemoglobinuria) • Cold Agglutinin ... #Anemia #AIHA #Differential ... Diagnosis #Table #hematology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... : s/p Coronary Angiography ... Scoring: Major: • Angiographic ... #Coronary #Artery ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential ... Agglutination - Cold agglutinins ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Approach to Leukocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Features of hematologic malignancy:
 • Symptoms: B-symptoms, bruising/bleeding, fatigue/weakness, immunosuppression
Leukocytosis - Differential ... 30k (or > 20k after ... #Leukocytosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Vasculitis - Break down based on vessel size 
Distribution of vessel involvement by large vessel vasculitis,
affect any size artery ... ) aorta, large artery ... , medium artery, ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Differential #
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Venous Thrombosis - Differential ... - Popliteal artery ... Venous #Thrombosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #clots #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
. primary cold agglutin ... Extravascular #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... DITMA) - TMA after ... #schistocytes #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... of bed, better after ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Joint #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology