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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid
Complement Disorders
- Early Complement Deficiency
- Pyogenic Infections
- SLE
- Sinus Infections
- Terminal Complement Deficiency
- Autosomal Recessive
- Neisseria Infections
- C5-C9
- MAC (Membrane Attack Complex)
4 mins
C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency
- Pathophysiology
- Autosomal Dominant
- Disinhibition of Kallikrein
- Increased Bradykinin
- Decreased C4
- Clinical Features
- Recurrent Angioedema
- Upper Airway Obstruction
- Considerations
- ACE Inhibitors Contraindicated
- Avoid Triggers
3 mins
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
- Pathophysiology
- Defective PIG-A Gene
- Deficiency of DAF (Decay Accelerating Factor CD55)
- Symptoms
- Dark Urine in the Morning
- Intravascular Hemolysis
- Thrombosis
- Diagnosis
- Decreased CD55 and CD59
- Treatment
- RBC Transfusion
- Eculizumab
- Bone Marrow Transplant is Curative
3 mins
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