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Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... Persistent Proteinuria ... • Drugs Glomerular ... Minimal change disease ... #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Chronic Kidney Disease ... of Renovascular disease ... Medullary cystic disease ... (Proteinuria) ... #Nephrology #Differential
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Nephropathy
 • Cortical Manifestations
    - Main issue: Hemolysis-associated endothelial
Sickle Cell Disease ... alterations - Proteinuria ... pathology ... #SickleCell #Disease ... #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
proteinuria. ... Overglomerular proteinuria ... impairment), heart disease ... diagnosis cluster, the diseases ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Diagnosis Algorithm ... wall) • IgA nephropathy ... • Thin GBM disease ... • Pauci-immune disease ... nephrotic range) proteinuria
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
disease (hematuria ... , proteinuria) ... • Ex: IgA nephropathy ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... • Urinalysis (proteinuria ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... • Renal: (AKI, proteinuria ... Inflammatory eye disease ... casts, low grade proteinuria ... hypercellular glomeruli
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Bleeding - IgA nephropathy ... basement membrane disease ... Brown urine - Proteinuria ... disease Renal ... causes #urology #nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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• Hematuria, proteinuria ... disease, and ocular ... (Granulomatous disease ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases