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Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Q&A 20 (view source)
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Slide test for autoagglutination. Autoagglutination.
Slide test for autoagglutination. Autoagglutination.
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|l1=Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia#Other Tests
|q2=What does this abnormality suggest about the etiology of this dog’s anemia?
|q2=What does this abnormality suggest about the etiology of this dog’s anemia?
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The presence of autoagglutination, when differentiated from rouleaux formation, suggests that this patient’s anemia is immune-mediated in origin.
The presence of autoagglutination, when differentiated from rouleaux formation, suggests that this patient’s anemia is immune-mediated in origin.
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|l2=Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia
|q3=Is a Coombs’ test necessary to confirm the diagnosis?
|q3=Is a Coombs’ test necessary to confirm the diagnosis?
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A positive result in saline slide agglutination negates the need to perform a Coombs’ test.
A positive result in saline slide agglutination negates the need to perform a Coombs’ test.
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|l3=Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia#Other Tests
|q4=How would you treat this patient?
|q4=How would you treat this patient?
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Cyclosporin A (10 mg/kg p/o bid for 10 days) may be used in patients with intravascular hemolysis.
Cyclosporin A (10 mg/kg p/o bid for 10 days) may be used in patients with intravascular hemolysis.
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|l4=Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia#Treatment
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