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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Disease 3 Types ... Viral Infection Clinical ... of anemia include ... younger pts) Differential ... #hematology #diagnosis
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
with a Stanford Type ... with suspicious signs ... /symptoms allows ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... systemic complaints- anemia ... them, but urgent rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... Antibodies to type ... Polychondritis #rheumatology