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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... Table Warm AIHA ... Disease Mixed-type AIHA ... DAT-negative AIHA ... Hemolytic #Anemia #AIHA
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... Treatment Warm AIHA ... azathioprine Cold AIHA ... to temporize: Plasmapheresis ... BrighamMedRes #AIHA
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... the 2013 ACCF/AHA ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... treatment #algorithm #sCHF
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

WARM AHA
- Primary - Idiopathics
- Secondary
Infectious
 • Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV, HEV
 •
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... ) WARM AHA - ... alpha-methyldopa COLD AHA ... Hemolytic #Anemia #AIHA
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
most common) / Plasmapheresis ... Multiple myeloma / Plasmapheresis ... Phlebotomy - MH/CCF
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Pathophysiology - Warm vs Cold AIHA
Warm AIHA:
 - 70%; IgG mediated
 -
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA ... - Warm vs Cold AIHA ... Warm AIHA: - 70% ... spherocytes Cold AIHA ... BrighamMedRes #AIHA
Hypertriglyceridemia - Ultrafiltrate after Plasmapheresis

#Clinical #Photo #Hypertriglyceridemia #Ultrafiltrate #Plasmapheresis
Ultrafiltrate after Plasmapheresis ... Ultrafiltrate #Plasmapheresis
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Immune-Mediated • Warm AIHA ... • Cold AIHA ... • Drug-induced AIHA ... Complement-Mediated • Cold AIHA
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Guidelines: • ACC/AHA ... class II and Ill HF ... iron #deficiency #CHF
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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1) DIAGNOSE AIHA ... screening 3) TREAT AIHA