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Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... - Differential ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... #Nephrology #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... • Urinalysis (proteinuria ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... RBC/WBC casts, proteinuria ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Urology #Hematuria ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
of Hematuria - Differential ... cells on urine microscopy ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... nephrotic range) proteinuria ... #Hematuria #Differential
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis - Differential ... Wegener's) • P-ANCA: Microscopic ... Strauss) Anti-GBM ... Glomerulonephritis #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
disease (hematuria, proteinuria ... Basement Membrane (GBM ... Linear, ribbon-like GBM ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
diseases Light Microscopy ... (IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... RPGN • Anti-GBM ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine sediment Microscopic ... Brown urine - Proteinuria ... #Hematuria #Differential ... causes #urology #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... overt glomerular proteinuria ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... #Algorithm #differential ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... • Renal: (AKI, proteinuria ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... casts, low grade proteinuria ... Renal #Syndromes #differential