Garrett Booth, MD, MS
Pathology Resident

Akunna Ogbu
Medical Student

Qun Lu, MD
Assistant Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine

Alyssa Ziman, MD
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• describe the pathogenic mechanism of paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
• delineate the signs and symptoms of paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
• explain the diagnostic tools for differentiating among warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, cold agglutinin syndrome, and paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
• interpret a Donath-Landsteiner test.
• list the risk factors for developing paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.