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Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... • Evidence of glomerular ... if cause not identified ... by UW IM Residency ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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Causes of Hematuria ... basement membrane disease ... == Kidney - ... #Differential # ... Urology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... basement membrane disease ... disease Renal ... #Differential # ... #urology #nephrology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... intrinsic renal disease ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Urology #Hematuria ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... Diagnosis Renal: - Glomerular ... Medullary sponge kidney ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #Hematuria #Differential
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
classified into pre-renal ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Injury #Differential ... #Sites #Nephrology
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... : CXR, UA, urine ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Hypoglycemia ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... disease (hematuria ... staining on IF • No EM ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease ... - Differential Diagnosis ... least 3 months Pre-Renal ... Atherosclerosis Glomerular ... #Differential #
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM ... Electron Microscopy (EM ... ) Haematuria/nephritis ... • Lupus ISN/RPS ... #diseases #nephrology