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Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
Lupus Nephritis ... systemic lupus ... > 500 mg/d • Nephritic ... #Nephritis #diagnosis ... #nephrology #biopsy
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... nephritis can present ... proteinuria, hematuria ... ) • Frank nephritis ... (nephrotic-range
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... (Dense deposit disease ... anti-phospholipid syndrome ... glomerulopathy, radiation nephritis ... #diagnosis #renal
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... cell/white cell casts ... clusters because nephritic ... #proteinuria #nephrotic ... #syndrome #nephrology