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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... anemiaCold ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... Renal failure (uremia ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Diagnosis Framework ... Infectious: Influenza, EBV ... : CHF, valves, COPD ... ILD, OSA, pHTN, Anemia ... #Diagnosis #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... of PCN allergy ... Coli - P.
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... diagnosis for this ... abnormality includes an old ... #Clinical #PCC # ... CXR #Oleothorax #NEJM
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... Diagnosis The ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #Elevation #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
1928, a 32-page long ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... Demyelinating disease caused ... effect/Edema • EBV
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... of right middle lobe ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... NTM #Infections #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... systemic complaints- anemia ... in literature (NEJM ... (Cornelia NEJM