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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Table Warm AIHA ... Agglutinin Disease ... #Table #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Autoimmune diseases ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
DAT Results in Autoimmune ... agglutinin disease ... #antiglobulin #test ... #Hemolysis #hematology ... #diagnosis
Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
with Rheumatic Diseases ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... #medications #hold ... #autoimmune #pharmacology ... #table
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral infection, autoimmune ... CLL (older) • Autoimmune ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold # ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Membrane): - Autoimmune ... : Warm AIHA, Cold ... Laboratory Tests ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
matter, spinal cord ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Ischemic heart disease ... determine if stress test ... : - Known CV disease ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
OnePager Summary Autoimmune ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... #management #treatment
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic Diseases ... - Balantidium coli ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list