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Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... - Differential ... aHUS, mechanical cardiac ... valve, vasculitis, malignant ... elliptocytosis, autoimmune
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Disease 3 Types ... Viral infection, autoimmune ... CLL (older) • Autoimmune ... younger pts) Differential ... #hematology #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... #Rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... lung disease Malignancy ... Pericarditis/Pericardial tamponade ... weakness • Severe cardiac ... #differential #