Question

A 68-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis has a sudden drop in haemoglobin, elevated bilirubin, and reticulocytosis. Direct antiglobulin (Coombs) test is positive. Which complication is this?

Accepted Answer

Warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

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Iron deficiency anaemia

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Anaemia of chronic disease

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Cold agglutinin disease

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Aplastic anaemia

Practice question

A 68-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis has a sudden drop in haemoglobin, elevated bilirubin, and reticulocytosis. Direct antiglobulin (Coombs) test is positive. Which complication is this?