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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... - Berger disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Glomerular ... #Diseases #Nephritic
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Spectrum of Glomerular ... Diseases Nephrotic ... formation #Glomerular ... #Diseases #differential ... #nephritic #nephrotic
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... RBC casts in urine ... diabetes)) #Glomerular ... #Diseases #Nephritic ... #Classification
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
• Calculi Glomerular ... • Thin GBM disease ... • Hereditary nephritis ... • Pauci-immune disease ... and >3.5g/day (nephrotic
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... disease - Post-infectious ... Tubulointerstitial disease ... interstitial nephritis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
with evidence of glomerular ... disease (hematuria ... immune deposits in glomeruli ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
presenting with overt glomerular ... impairment), heart disease ... diagnosis cluster, the diseases ... clusters because nephritic ... #proteinuria #nephrotic
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
red - cells Non-glomerular ... Dysmorphic red cells - Glomerular ... disease, but can ... Diagnostic of glomerular ... disease • Leukocytes
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Disease Associations ... are seen in acute ... Advanced kidney disease ... tubulointerstitial nephritis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
evaluated for glomerular ... disease 24- ... monitoring low-level glomerular ... of glomerular disease ... #nephrotic #nephritic