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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 ... Differential Diagnosis Table ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... MatthewHoMD #Autoimmune ... #hematology
Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Perioperative Management ... with Rheumatic Diseases ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... #autoimmune #pharmacology ... #table
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Causes of Arterial ... artery aneurysm: Causes ... APLS:PLT ↓ HEMATOLOGIC ... neoplasms - PNH ... Diagnosis #clots #hematology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and their Disease ... common in SLE, autoimmune ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Extravascular Causes ... hemoglobinuria (PNH ... idiopathic) - Autoimmune ... Extravascular #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #hematology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung diseases ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Bone marrow disease ... Von Willebrand disease ... deficiencies - PNH ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Advanced Liver Disease ... Viral hepatitis, Autoimmune ... - Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Deficiencies #Summary #table ... comparison #diagnosis #hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Warm Antibody Autoimmune ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Warm #Antibody #Autoimmune ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... Autoimmune diseases ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table