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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... basement membrane disease ... disease Renal ... Diagnosis #causes ... #urology #nephrology
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... Hypertension. t ... hematuria. ... #Diseases #Nephritic ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... - Glomerular - ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... visits, Ambulatory blood ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... • Glomerulonephritis ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Repeatedly normal blood ... taken at home, work ... Renal parenchymal disease ... • Renovascular disease ... or disease)
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
impairment), heart disease ... cluster, the diseases ... Hematuria may be ... #diagnosis #glomerular ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Intrinsic renovascular disease ... - Hypertensive ... disease - Post-infectious ... Tubulointerstitial disease ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... diagnosis #nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
formation along glomerular ... (Dense deposit disease ... anti-phospholipid syndrome ... #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... Renal parenchymal disease ... : CKD, acute glomerulonephritis ... #Workup #causes