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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Diagnosis Framework ... • 1ml blood/liter ... causes #urology #nephrology ... #renal #urine # ... blood
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
glomerular disease (hematuria ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... post-infectious GN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Refer to Nephrology ... for renal biopsy ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Workup #urology #blood
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #kidney #blood ... #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Glomerulonephritis (MPGN ... Mesangiocapillary GN ... • Active Urine ... #nephrology #diagnosis ... #renal
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Microscopy (EM) Haematuria ... /nephritis • Lupus ... • Amyloid RPGN ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
basement membrane; GN ... atypical HUS; MPGN ... content [85].2>5 red blood ... Hematuria may be ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
, proteinuria, hematuria ... Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... reveals increasing blood ... in crescentic GN
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... non-nephrotic proteinuria, hematuria ... edema, active urine ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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multiplex • Hematuria ... rapidly progressing GN ... pulmonary and renal ... Large Vessel: Blood ... #rheumatology #