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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 ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Bleed • Hemolysis ... #Causes #Hematology
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 (-) → ... #causes
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
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Normal Blood Smear ... • Drugs Oval Macrocytes ... Neutrophils - Low RBC ... #Causes #Hematology
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
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