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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... - Due to Viral infection ... reticularis • Raynaud ... Positive Coombs testing ... setting - Mycoplasma
Raynaud's Syndrome - Washing off under hot water.
Raynaud phenomenon is an exaggerated vasoconstrictive response of the
Raynaud's Syndrome ... Raynaud phenomenon ... #Raynauds #Syndrome ... #disease #phenomenon
Raynaud's Syndrome - Washing off under hot water wath.

Raynaud phenomenon is an exaggerated vasoconstrictive response of
Raynaud's Syndrome ... Raynaud phenomenon ... #Raynauds #Syndrome ... #disease #phenomenon
Raynaud's Phenomenon on Physical Exam

#Raynauds #Syndrome #disease #phenomenon #clinical #video #physicalexam #fingers #hands #rheumatology
Raynaud's Phenomenon ... Physical Exam #Raynauds ... #Syndrome #disease
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Vasculitis - Anti-GBM Disease ... Vasculitis, Behcet's Disease ... Myositis MIMICS: - Infections ... : Hantavirus infection ... , mitral valve disease
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... allopurinol), Infection ... , Alport Syndrome ... testing: anti-ANCA ... DAH, rule out infection
"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
laboratory HIV testing ... on: Centers for Disease ... Laboratory Testing ... Diagnosis of HIV Infection ... Empendium #Testing
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Churg-Strauss syndrome ... malignomas, and infectious ... - Goodpasture syndrome ... - Schnitzler syndrome ... - Sjögren syndrome
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... developing active infection ... intermediate risk of disease ... Tuberculin skin testing ... microscopy • Testing
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... receptor-associated periodic syndrome