Lab test.. CH50 complement?

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I've looked in every lab source I have available (Stedman's Path and lab and

several web sources) and I am unable to document this. Here's the sentence

(This is a nephrologist dictating lab work): C3, C4, and _________ s/l CH50

complement levels are pending. Thanks in advance

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Hello ACLARK@... (, Kaye),

In reference to your comment:

è I found it in Vera Pyle pg. 113. This is how it appears

è in there: C'H50.

Ahhh... thanks soo much. I always feel better when something is documented

in a book. Bless Vera's heart

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Well, I found something on a Google search for CH5O (the letter O, not the

number 0). It was a powerpoint thing on nephrology, but now I can't get

back into it. CH5O is a complement test used to assess the integrity of the

classical pathway and can be a normal value even when other complement

levels are decreased (e.g. C4). That's about all I can remember. Maybe you

can find more on it. Hope this helps!

Lab test.. CH50 complement?

I've looked in every lab source I have available (Stedman's Path and lab and

several web sources) and I am unable to document this. Here's the sentence

(This is a nephrologist dictating lab work): C3, C4, and _________ s/l CH50

complement levels are pending. Thanks in advance

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

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[Guest guest]

I found it in Vera Pyle pg. 113. This is how it appears in there: C'H50.

The C and H are capitalized with an apostrophe between them. It appears to

be the number 50 and it should be subscripted if at all possible.

Definition: total hemolytic complement.

Leave it to Vera! Amand

Re: Lab test.. CH50 complement?

Hello aclark@... (, Kaye),

In reference to your comment:

è CH5O is the abbreviation for total hemolytic

è complement activity. I could not find anything that

è relates it to being a chemical symbol. Here's where I

è found a definition:

è http://www.complab.nymc.edu/Medicine/AntibodyInform

è ation.htm and of course you gotta scroll down to find it.

è lol

Thanks so much to everyone who replied. I didn't check the web because I

wasn't sure if it was spelled CH 50, CH-50, or CH50, and I knew I'd get hits

on Google no matter how I put it in, but that wouldn't tell the the proper

way to spell it. Actually I had hoped someone had it in a book that I

didn't

have. As I've said before, I hesitate to use web resources like Google

since they aren't reliable, and I had checked the 2 web resources I have for

lab work and neither one of them had CH50 or any combination thereof.

Thanks

again

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

Remember... WSTPMTR (which means,

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[Guest guest]

I've got the 10th edition. Couldn't find it in Taber's 19th edition. Just

checked my MPI, and lo and behold, there it is again! On pg. 218 of the 3rd

edition, and they have it the same way as Vera. I also found it in Sloane's

Medical Word Book (not the new one) on pg. 221 in a chart for normal values,

but they have it like N. . Obviously, I just went on a rampage with my

books.

Re: Lab test.. CH50 complement?

Hello ACLARK@... (, Kaye),

In reference to your comment:

è Neil ' Abbreviations pg. 71. This time, though,

è there is no apostrophe.

You must have a different version than I do.. In my version it's on p. 61.

(9th edition). Obviously either way is correct, although I lean towards

Vera being more correct. Thanks again

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

Remember... WSTPMTR (which means,

whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules).