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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 ... nephropathy • Membranoproliferative ... Minimal change disease ... #Nephrology #Differential
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative ... RBC casts, +/- proteinuria ... formation along glomerular ... (Dense deposit disease ... #MPGN #nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Thin GBM disease ... • Pauci-immune disease ... nephrotic range) proteinuria ... wall) • Membranoproliferative
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
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... , Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... • Urinalysis (proteinuria ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific
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
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
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... • Hematuria, proteinuria ... Systemic rheumatic diseases ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases