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Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... mimics, repeat testing ... • Evidence of glomerular ... → Refer to Nephrology ... cystoscopy • Refer to Nephrology
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing ... #Protein #Diagnosis ... SPEP #IFE #FLC #Nephrology ... #Laboratory #Comparison ... #Table
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... present on repeat testing ... Tubular Proteinuria (Negative ... • Drugs Glomerular ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... evaluated for glomerular ... #testing #workup ... #diagnosis #glomerulonephritis ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis) - ANCA-negative ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... Disease-specific testing ... #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... evaluated for glomerular ... #workup #diagnosis ... #initial #testing ... #nephrology #nephrotic
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
abnormalities of selected glomerular ... polyangiitis #glomerular ... #diseases #nephrology ... #pathology #comparison ... #table #diagnosis
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
Cerebral Salt Wasting ... (or too little relative ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium ... #nephrology