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Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Chronic transfusions ... malignancy - Chronic Transfusion ... Hyperferritinemia #differential
Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Direct Hyperbilirubinemia: Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, Rotor Syndrome
Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: 
 - Trauma, Hematoma,
Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential ... Trauma, Hematoma, Transfusion ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Isolated #Differential
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
blood or exchange transfusion ... Supportive, exchange transfusion ... hepatology #hepatitis #differential
When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
shortly following a transfusion ... challenging to differentiate ... #Diagnosis #Transfusion
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Content • RBC Transfusions ... Effect • RBC Transfusions ... Diagnosis #DM2 #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... injury • Blood transfusion ... Hemolysis - Transfusion ... Blood transfusion ... #hyperkalemia #differential
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
HyperKalemia - Differential ... intake • Blood transfusion ... #HyperKalemia #Differential
Hemolysis Classification - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Causes

Commentary: Another way to think of immune hemolysis would be
hemolysis, hemolytic transfusion ... Intrinsic #Extrinsic #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... injury • Blood transfusion ... Hemolysis - Transfusion ... Blood transfusion ... #hyperkalemia #differential
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Differential Diagnosis ... insufficiency - Transfusion ... Noninfectious #Causes #Differential