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John is a 25-year-old male patient who presents to the clinic to establish care for his diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, which was diagnosed in early childhood. During childhood, he suffered from jaundice that caused him to be bullied in school, and he was unable to participate in sports due to poor exercise tolerance. In adulthood, this has resulted in reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL), including jaundice that negatively affects his romantic relationships and self-confidence. His reduced ability to concentrate and fatigue has caused challenges in making it through a full 8-hour workday. John’s medical history includes direct Coombs testing, which was negative on 3 separate occasions. In addition, he is noted as being poorly responsive to corticosteroid therapy and unresponsive to prednisone. Given the inconsistency of this history with autoimmune hemolysis, you perform a hemolytic anemia workup.
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BMI, body-mass index; CD, cluster of differentiation; Hb, hemoglobin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PK, pyruvate kinase; WBC, white blood cell.
