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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
symptoms - most common ... anemiaCold ... younger pts) Differential ... chills, flank pain ... #hematology #diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
: • Most common ... weeks without infection ... aplasia • ITP ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Complications: 1) Infection ... lymphoma (Richter ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #hematology #hemeonc ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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Infant/child: - Infection-common ... ambulatory patients - Infections-common ... including white blood ... cell aplasia DOI ... #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... • Pain in LN ... Treatment • Early ... #hematology #oncology ... #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Blood Product Transfusions ... : Fever, flank pain ... Blood products contain ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
: Fever, flank pain ... due to marrow aplasia ... Blood products contain ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
cell count (anemia ... Most common cytopenia ... • Aplastic Anemia ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... #hematology #oncology