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Lupus Nephritis Classification Algorithm

#Lupus #Nephritis #Classification #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #types #rheumatology #nephrology #renal
Lupus Nephritis ... #Classification ... #differential #types ... #rheumatology # ... nephrology #renal
Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference

#Renal #diseases #SLE #Systemic #Lupus #Erythematosus #venn #nephrology
Renal Involvement ... #diseases #SLE ... Erythematosus #venn #nephrology ... #nephritis #classification ... #types #rheumatology
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
Renal involvement ... neuropathy • Type ... • Tendency for nephrotic ... #Management #Rheumatology ... Cryoglobulinemic #Nephrology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Type-I Interferonopathies ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
progressive kidney disease ... associated with worse renal ... Macroalbuminuria is a type ... Albuminuria #Grades #classification ... #CKD #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... for ANCA-related vasculitis ... cryoglobulinemias (types ... glomerular #testing #workup ... #nephritic #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for ANCA-related vasculitis ... cryoglobulinemias (types ... #workup #diagnosis ... initial #testing #nephrology ... #nephrotic #nephritis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... cirrhosis: 3%-20% Renal ... • Interstitial nephritis ... I) renal tubular ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)

MGRS
• MGRS refers to kidney disease caused by nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulins
Clinical Clues: • Nephrotic-range ... Diagnostic Workup ... guide subtype classification ... formation causing vasculitis ... Types of MGRS-Associated