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Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic ... ↑ LDH • Anti-RBC ... C3d • Blood smear ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral blood smear ... Hypochromic & microcytic RBCs ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Plasmodium - Identification Algorithm
 • P. falciparum: RINGS AND GAMETOCYTES PREDOMINATE, Small delicate rings, <1/3 size
Identification Algorithm ... Multiple rings/RBC ... Identification #Algorithm ... #pathology #smear ... #microscopy #malaria
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... /uL Initial Workup ... : CBC with diff, ... acid, peripheral smear ... ↑ Destruction (hemolysis
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
Neonatal Jaundice Causes ... of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia ... or non-hemolytic ... Neonatal #Jaundice #Algorithm ... #Differential #Workup
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... (RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... Hemorrhage or hemolysis ... #Workup #AAFP
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
decrease in most cases ... Peripheral blood smear ... schistocytes, nucleated RBCs ... from ischemia WBC ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... anorexia, ARDS ​• RBC ... lysis → severe hemolytic ... phase: Peripheral smear ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Smear ... hematology for workup ... blood loss, Acute hemolysis ... Rebound effect from treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Hgb 12.5, WBC 14 ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical