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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Disease 3 Types ... Agglutinin Syndrome ... symptoms - most ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Oxygenation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vasculopathy (SLE, Type ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Overlap and COPD ... identification of the type ... of respiratory symptoms ... summary of the differential ... #Differences #Algorithm
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Amyloid, Wild Type ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... and signs below ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... diagnosis #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... miosis • Tension-type ... migraine and tension-type ... - Autonomic symptoms ... meningeal irritation signs
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
with a Stanford Type ... This 40ish year old ... with suspicious signs ... /symptoms allows ... #TypeB #AorticDissection
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
- Albumin - Cold ... Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... Divided Into Two Types ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
(Wallenberg's syndrome ... most common type ... Syndrome usually ... varying neurologic signs ... Vertigo #Causes #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... One blood cell type ... more blood cell types ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology