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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... Positive Coombs testing ... Blood smear - RBC ... #anemia #hematology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
, physical and testing ... • Could potentially ... dysfunction • PSC ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Still's disease • Necrotic
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... and autoimmune hemolytic ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia: • Nephrotic ... syndrome • Burns
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... > 10 days - Hemoptysis ... Coli - P.