Cooling mattress induced acute hemolytic anemia.
We have reported a patient with Mycoplasma pneumonia, cold agglutinins, and a hemolytic anemia which was probably secondary to vigorous treatment of hyperpyrexia by a cooling mattress. Physicians caring for patients with Mycoplasma pneumonia should be alerted to the potential untoward effect of a cooling mattress on an individual with a high titer of cold agglutinins.
Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, USA.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000373:Agglutinins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology*; D001513:Beds; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*
D000373:Agglutinins; D003450:Cryoglobulins; C029443:cold agglutinins