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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
originate from a low-grade ... Viral infection, autoimmune ... Viral Infection Clinical ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... #anemia #hematology
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Major Clinical Trials ... Blood saves lives ... unnecessary and cause ... /vmoitra) #EBM ... Transfusion #Thresholds #Hematology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... : Pneumonia • Autoimmune ... hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• History of EBV ... Immunosuppression • Autoimmune ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... nodosum • Immune hemolytic ... classification #hematology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... or ALS • Very slow ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... statins - probably caused ... Myositis #Myopathy #rheumatology