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Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... • Drugs Glomerular ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... #Nephrology #Differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
disease (hematuria, proteinuria ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular ... Basement Membrane (GBM ... Linear, ribbon-like GBM ... #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... - Differential Diagnosis ... nephropathy • Thin GBM ... wall) • Anti-GBM ... nephrotic range) proteinuria
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... syndrome—due to GBM ... RBC casts in urine ... diabetes)) #Glomerular ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
polyangiitis, Microscopic ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... • Urinalysis (proteinuria ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... #nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Anti-GIomeruIar ... directed against the glomerular ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... #Goodpastures #AntiGBM ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wegener's) • P-ANCA: Microscopic ... Churg Strauss) Anti-GBM ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #causes
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
proteinuria. ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #glomerular #proteinuria ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... ANCA antibody, Anti-GBM ... usually low in anti-GBM ... Goodpasture's cause ... hypercellular glomeruli