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Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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AIHA • Anemia: macrocytic ... ↑ LDH • Anti-RBC ... C3d • Blood smear ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
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, DAT (-) → ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... (RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... Hemorrhage or hemolysis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
anorexia, ARDS ​• RBC ... lysis → severe hemolytic ... phase: Peripheral smear ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Peripheral Blood Smear ... Hgb 12.5, WBC 14 ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... BloodSmear #microscopy #pathology