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ArticleCureus2025

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)-Induced Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Presenting as Syncope: A Case Report.

James T Johns

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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James T JohnsEmergency Medicine, University Hospitals St. John Medical Center, Westlake, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a condition that causes an individual's immune system to destroy its own red blood cells. Immune cells are activated against the red blood cell antigens to induce hemolysis. Patients typically present with symptomatic anemia when the extent of hemolysis overcomes the bone marrow's ability to compensate. Steroids are typically the first-line treatment, along with supportive care and blood transfusion for severe anemia. This case report details a patient who had presented to the ED after a syncopal episode that was ultimately due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-induced warm AIHA.

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autoimmune hemolytic anemia (aiha)community emergency departmentemergency medicinerespiratory syncytial virus (rsv)unusual cause of recurrent syncope

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PMID39807346
PMCPMC11727407

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