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Auto Immune Haemolytic Anaemia Part 1 Flashcards

1
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Define Auto Immune Haemolytic Anaemia

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Premature destruction of RBCs by an autoantibody directed against individual’s own red cells

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Define Elution

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removal of antibodies from the sensitised red cells to identify the antibody

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Describe the pathophysiology of AIHA

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  1. Abnormality in suppressor T cell tolerance to self-antigens
  2. Production of antibodies against own blood group antigens
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In what type of individuals is AIHA mostly common in?

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  1. Haematological malignancy
  2. Individuals with other auto-immune disorders
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State the two types of AIHA classifications and state what consists in each

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  1. Classification I
    a. Warm AIHA
    b. Cold AIHA
  2. Classification II
    a. Drug-induced AIHA
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At what temperatures do antibodies in the WAIHA and CAIHA activate in?

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  1. WAIHA - 37 degrees
  2. CAIHA - 4 to 24 degrees or 30 degrees
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what type of AIHA accounts for 18% AIHA

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Cold AIHA

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8
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what type of AIHA accounts for 12% of AIHA

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drug induced

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what type of AIHA accounts for 70% of AIHA

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Warm AIHA

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What are the differences in pathophysiology of WAIHA, CAIHA, and Drug induced?

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WAIHA - Extravascular, IgG, non complement-activating antibody
CAIHA - Intravascular, IgM, complement-activating antibody
Drug Induced - Intravascular or extravascular

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Clinical symptoms of WAIHA

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  1. Weakness, pallor
  2. Weight loss
  3. Fever
  4. Jaundice
  5. Common in children and adults
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Clinical symptoms of Cold Haemolytic Disease

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  1. Weakness, pallor
  2. Weight loss
  3. Cyanosis in extremities
  4. Numbness in hands and feet
  5. Haemoglobinuria
  6. Common in >50 years old
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Haemotology Laboratory results of AIHA

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  1. Anaemia
  2. Decreased haemoglobin and haematocrit
  3. Increased reticulocyte
  4. Macrocytosis
  5. Spherocytosis
  6. Nucleated RBC
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Clinical Chemistry results of AIHA

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  1. Increased bilirubin
  2. Increased lactate dehydrogenase
  3. low haptoglobin level
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Blood bank laboratory results of AIHA

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Positive DAT

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What antibodies are responsible for WAIHA?

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  1. auto anti-Rh protein
  2. auto anti-e,c,D,C,E,f early in disease
  3. auto antibodies to high incidence antigens like U in MNS
17
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what antibodies are responsible for Cold Haemolytic Disease?

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  1. auto anti-I
  2. auto anti-i
18
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what drugs cause AIHA?

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  1. Quinidine
  2. Phenacetin
  3. Piperacillin
  4. Cephalosporins
  5. Streptomycin
  6. Methyldopa
19
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What difficulties arise by working with Warm AIHA?

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  1. Antibody screen and panel cells are pangglutinins due to auto-antibodies hiding allo-antibodies thus allo-antibody exclusion unavailable
  2. DAT positive cells will immediately agglutinate via IAT
20
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What reagent is added to DAT positive cells to make them DAT negative?

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EDTA glycine acid

21
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List the testing procedures of RBCs in WAIHA

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  1. ABO and Rh(D)
  2. DAT with anti-IgG and anti-C3d separately
  3. Elution
  4. screen and panel of eluate plasma for identification of auto-antibody
  5. Phenotype EGA treated cells
22
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List the test procedures of plasma in WAIHA

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  1. ABO grouping
  2. Antibody screen
  3. Antibody panel
  4. Auto adsorption or allo-adsorption if patient transfused in last 3 months
  5. Screen and panel of adsorbed plasma for detection of allo-antibody
  6. IAT crossmatch on adsorbed plasma
23
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Define Auto Adsorption

A

Incubation of patient RBCs against own plasma to remove autoantibodies without removing all antibodies

24
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List the treatments for WAIHA

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  1. High dose of corticosteroids
  2. Intravenous intragram
  3. Splenectomy
  4. Drugs to block antibody production
25
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List the criteria of Red cells to transfuse to WAIHA

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  1. ABO and Rh(D) compatible
  2. Negative for antigens that patient has antibodies to
  3. Phenotype Antigen Matched
  4. IAT crossmatch with adsorbed plasma
  5. “least incompatible”
26
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What is the specification of PAM blood in AIHA patients?

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Transfuse red cells with similar antigen phenotype in Rh, Kell, Kidd, Duffy, and Ss system

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