3 results
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
definition: Most common ... Diagnosis = clinical ... GCA can present variably ... systemic complaints- anemia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
hospitalization is commonly ... invasive procedures/ bleeding ... the Journal of Clinical ... deficiencies • Renal, liver ... other than GI bleeding