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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... • Compensated hemolysis ... intravascular hemolysis ... agglutinin #disease #hemolytic
Streptococcus pneumoniae on Culture and Sputum Microscopy
 - alpha hemolysis; "P disk," optichin, sensitive
 - Sputum:
Microscopy - alpha hemolysis ... Culture #Microscopy #clinical
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
microangiopathic hemolytic ... DIC is a clinical ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... microangiopathic #hemolytic
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Microangiopathic hemolytic ... Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic ... interpretation #clinical
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
anemia, a form of hemolytic ... inflexible and prone to hemolysis ... #NEJM #clinical
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... HELLP Syndrome (Hemolysis ... post-partum • Typical clinical ... features: Hemolysis ... post-partum • Typical clinical
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... , weight loss, hemoptysis ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Clinical
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
to be seen in hemolytic ... microangiopathic hemolytic ... Clinical conditions ... intravascular coagulation, hemolytic ... #Clinical #Path
Biochemistry and Metabolism of Bilirubin
Hemolysis → Hemoglobin → Heme → Biliverdin → Unconjugated Bilirubin (a.k.a. "indirect
of Bilirubin Hemolysis ... interchangeably for routine clinical
Hemolytic Anemia - Hemolysis Diagnostic Workup

Infographic by: Howard Ong

#Hemolysis #Hemolytic #Anemia #Algorithm #MAHA #TTP #Diagnosis #Workup
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Hemolysis Diagnostic ... Howard Ong #Hemolysis ... #Hemolytic #Anemia