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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Table Warm AIHA ... AIHA (7-8%) DAT-negative ... #Table #hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Pelger-Huet, Macrocytic anemia ... @AmyChung #Blood ... #Disorders #hematology
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... - Direction of Blood ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #hepatology #cirrhosis ... #obstruction #comparison
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
of peripheral blood ... Differential Diagnosis ... cultures, including blood ... likelihood of negative ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
anemia • Cold ... for anti-C3d and negative ... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) • Blood ... sensitize red blood ... #hematology #diagnosis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
result in severe anemia ... of Peripheral blood ... antiglobulin tests - Negative ... immune hemolytic anemia ... #Workup #Hematology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
the peripheral blood ... , weight loss, abdominal ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound - Early arterial, Grayscale phase, Late arterial phase,
Ultrasound #Contrast #POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology