1395 results
Effect of Selected Diseases on Complement Levels - C3, C4
 • SLE C3 ↓ C4 ↓↓
Complement Levels - C3 ... , C4 • SLE C3 ... • MCGN type 1 C3 ... ↓ C4 ↓↓ • Cryo ... C3 ↓ C4 ↓↓ •
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Mediated: • ↓C3 ... Cryoglobulinemia • Normal C3 ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Pathophysiology - Warm vs Cold AIHA
Warm AIHA:
 - 70%; IgG mediated
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IgG positive, C3 ... IgG negative, C3
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
ANCA, Anti-GBM, C3 ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
DIAGNOSIS • 80% ↓ C3 ... exudative GN • C3 ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology
Herpes Zoster C3 Distribution: Dermatomally distributed vesicles, many of which have coalesced, 
in patient with HZV
Herpes Zoster C3 ... HZV #Dermatomal #C3
Warm vs Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia:
 • Mechanism: IgG and Complement-mediated
 • Etiology:
positive for IgG +/- C3 ... Coombs Positive for C3
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
Combined decr of C3 ... Cryoglobulinemic #Nephrology
C3-C7 Fractures and Injuries - Which Fractures are Stable and Unstable

#Diagnosis #Orthopedics #C3C7 #Cervical #Fractures #Unstable
C3-C7 Fractures
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
complement pathway • C3 ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology