Problems of Cold Agglutinins in Cardiac Surgery: How to Manage Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Myocardial Protection [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2014 Cold agglutinins are of unique relevance in cardiac surgerybecause of the use of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Cold autoimmune diseases are defined by the presence of abnormal circulating proteins (usually IgM or IgA antibodies) that ...
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Glucocorticoid-Responsive Cold Agglutinin Disease in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]
Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2015 A 57-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis developed severe anemia during treatment with adalimumab plus methotrexate. Cold agglutinin disease was diagnosed because haptoglobin was undetectable, cold agglutinin was positive (1 : 2048), and the direct ...
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Cold Agglutinin Disease: Improved Understanding of Pathogenesis Helps Define Targets for Therapy
Hemato, 2022 The last 2 decades have seen great progress in understanding the pathogenesis of cold agglutinin disease (CAD) and development of effective therapies.
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Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Emergency Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Cold Agglutinins. [PDF]
J Extra Corpor Technol, 2021 Cold agglutinins (CA) are auto-antibodies that adhere to erythrocytes in cold temperatures, and can result in agglutination of red blood cells. This process can cause complement-mediated intravascular hemolysis, which can be catastrophic.
Sarrafpour S, Bose R.
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Asanguinous Del Nido Cardioplegia for an Aortic Valve Replacement Patient with Cold Agglutinins. [PDF]
J Extra Corpor Technol, 2018 A patient with known cold agglutinins requiring an aortic valve replacement was referred for surgery. Asanguinous, Del Nido cardioplegia was used for myocardial protection.
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TREATMENT OF COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE WITH RITUXIMAB
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2008 BACKGROUND Cold agglutinin disease is an uncommon hemolytic anemia associated sometimes withlow-grade B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. The disease results from increased production of anti erythrocyte antibodies.
Marjana Glaser
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Effect of cold agglutinins on red blood cell parameters in a trauma patient: a case report. [PDF]
Biochem Med (Zagreb), 2018 The presence of cold agglutinins (CAs) in samples intended for complete blood count (CBC) using automated haematology analysers might cause serious preanalytical errors. In this report we describe the case of a 90-year old female patient admitted to the
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Journal of Blood Medicine, 2023 Luis Miguel Osorio-Toro,1– 3 Jhon Herney Quintana-Ospina,1– 3 Luis Álvaro Melo-Burbano,1– 3 Paola Andrea Ruiz-Jiménez,1– 3 Jorge Enrique Daza-Arana,1,4 Giovanna Patricia Rivas-Tafurt,1,2 Jorge Hernán Izquierdo-Loaiza1,2 1Specialization in Internal ...
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Beware Cold Agglutinins in Organ Donors! Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion From an Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory-Determination-of-Death Donor With a Cold Agglutinin: A Case Report. [PDF]
Transplant Proc, 2017 Background We began to recover lungs from uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death to assess for transplant suitability by means of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) and computerized tomographic (CT) scan.
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Epstein-Barr virus-associated autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a clinical report and review of literature [PDF]
Italian Journal of PediatricsBackground Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is a common disease both in children and adults, but can lead to several complications; involvement of the blood system is often described, particularly neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, but autoimmune ...
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