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Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Warm Antibody Autoimmune ... Hemolytic Anemia 1) ... • Blood smear: Differential ... TREAT AIHA 1 ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... (anti-nuclear antibody ... Antiphospholipid Antibody ... Myositis: Anti-JO-1, ... RNA Polymerase Ill
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
nodular pattern. 1. ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... bronchiolitis: ill ... NodularPattern #Differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... phenomenon - EJ, Jo-1, ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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gangrenosum • IBD ... Antiphospholipid-antibody ... #skin #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... this should be 1° ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... shred sign Rt Zone 1. ... #clinical #ultrasound
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... the critically ill ... reflection on the differential ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 • Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 • Normal platelet,
cytometry — GP Ilb ... either severe Type 1 ... or Type 3) — differentiate ... Platelet #disorders #hematology ... #hemepath #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Antinuclear Antibody ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... phenomenon • EJ, Jo-1, ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology