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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Cold Agglutinins ... Clinical Presentation ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... Nephropathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... myeloma, Lymphomas, RCC ... Pulm disorders: COPD
Causes of Urticaria

Immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated

 - Aeroallergens

 - Contact allergen

 - Food allergens

 - Insect
- Autoimmune disease ... Elevation of core ... Physical stimuli (cold ... - Water #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Diagnosis Algorithm ... states • Infection ... Precipitated by cold ... neuropathy or spinal cord ... disease, cauda
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Paradoxical vocal cord ... motion, Vocal cord ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... , Viral infections ... syndrome, Parasitic Disease
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... Chronic: Asthma, COPD ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... : Tumor, Vocal cord
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... Warm AIHA • Cold ... circulation - Infections ... Complement-Mediated • Cold ... AIHA • PCH
Causes of Growth Restriction - Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal
 • Chronic Maternal
Causes of Growth ... • Autoimmune Disease ... • Intrauterine Infections ... • Placental/Cord ... Previa • Abnormal Cord
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... Infections 2. ... skin contact with cold ... minutes after the cold ... 10.1111/all.14674 #Cold
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... Extravascular Causes ... Autoimmune (AIHA)"Cold ... (e.g. primary cold ... #differential #