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Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
Hemolytic Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Immune mediated hemolysis ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hemolysis Classification - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Causes

Commentary: Another way to think of immune hemolysis would be
Hemolysis Classification ... think of immune hemolysis ... , hemolytic transfusion ... #Classification ... Diagnosis #Causes #Algorithm
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
Algorithmic Approach ... Microcytic (MCV ... -100): • Non-hemolytic ... anemia, CKD • Hemolytic ... #Algorithm #Differential
Types of hypersensitivity reactions

Type I - lgE-Mediated, Within I Hour (Anaphylaxis)
Type II - IgG or IgM
Types of hypersensitivity ... Hours to Days (Hemolytic ... happypillsrx/ #hypersensitivity ... reactions #Types #Classification
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bleeding • Hemolysis ... Myelodysplasia #Anemia #MCV ... #Classification
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Hypersensitivity ... Summary Type I Hypersensitivity ... thrombocytopenia, Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Disease Type III Hypersensitivity ... Reactions #Types #Classification
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bleed • Hemolysis ... Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reticulocytes, MCV ... , MCH, MCHC, Serum ... Non-lmmune #Anemia #Classification ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

WARM AHA
- Primary - Idiopathics
- Secondary
Infectious
 • Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV, HEV
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Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Viral- HIV, EBV, HCV ... #Autoimmune #Hemolytic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
Hypersensitivity ... types or during hemolytic ... sclerosis #Hypersensitivity ... #Types #Classification