Grin Proteinuria and Polyruia Flashcards
(33 cards)
What makes up the glomoerular filtration barrier?
- Fenestrated Capillary endothelium keeps cells out
- GBM keeps out plasma proteins
- Podocytes, keeps out plamsa proteins
What gets through the glomerular filtration barrier?
- Low molecular weight proteins such as beta 2 macroglobulin and light chains they get reabsorbed in the proximal tubules
- soolutes and small molecules like Na K and glucose
When is proteinuria not pathologic? What are the numbers?
- Small amounts can be normal as low molecular weight proteins pass through filtration barrier and not all get reabsorbed
- Also includes amounts of Tamm Horsfall protein produced by renal tubules
- Protein <150 mg/day
- albumin <30 mg/day
what are the three types of proteinuria?
- glomerular occurs with a damaged glomerular filtartion barrier allowing for albuminuria to occur
- Overflow occurs when filtered low molecular weight protein load is greater than the reabsorptive capacity, this is seen in multiple myeloma with light chains
- Tubulointerstitial occurs with tubular damage which imparis reabsorption of low molecular weight proteins, this is seen in ATN
Urinalysis pros and cons?
- cheap and easy and cant detect other urine abnormalities
- Con is it only detects albumin and has low sensitivity for low quantities of protein
Spot urine albumin/creatine ratio pros and cons?
Pro:
- can detect small amounts of albumin (good for recognzing early diabetic nephropathy)
Con:
- only detects albumin
Spot urine Protein/creatine ratio pros and cons?
Pro
- detects all proteins
Con
- not as well validated in diabetic nephropathy
24 hour urine protein pros and cons
- Gold standard but inconvienent
With light chain nephropathy due to multiple myeloma what needs to be done?
Urinalysys and spot urine albumin/creatinine ration may show a false negative meaning no protein, so you need to do a spot urine protein/creatine ratio to detect light chain proteinuria
Nephrotic syndrome?
- Inflammation and damage to podocytes allowing albumib to pass into tubules
- main problem is albuminuria (>3.5 grams), urine looks frothy
- mild or no hematuria
- can lead to edema
In Nephrotic syndrome what other protein is lost besides albumin?
- Antithrombin III an anti coagulant protein creating a hypercoagulable state leading to risk of clot formation
- liver also increases lipoprotein production leading tohyperlipidemia
What contributes to nephrotic syndrome edema?
- low intravascular oncotic pressure due to loss of albumin in the blood
- Due to decreased intravascuoalr volume you get decreaased return to heart and then decrease blood through kidney leading to activation of RAAS
- renal sodium retention
Nephritic vs nephrotic syndrome?
Nephritic:
- Htn
- RBC casts
- AKI/Oliguria
- Proteinuria
- Immune complex, Anti GBM or ANCA associated
Nephrotic:
- Edema
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypoalbuminuria
- Proteinuria >3.5
- Hypercoagulability
- Diabetes
- Minimal change disease
- FSGS
- Amyloid
- Membranous
MPGN is in both
What diseases cause nephrotic syndrome?
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Minimal change disorder
- most common cause in kids
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Membranous nephropathy
- Amyloidosis
What labs do you order with suspected nephrotic syndrome?
- Serum creatinie with eGFR
- UA with microscopy
- Urine albumin to creatinine ratio and urine protein to creatinine ratio
- Additional labs such as HIV Hepatitis serologies, SPEP, lipid panel, A1c
- Renal biopsy
How do you manage nephrotic syndrome?
- manage underlying condition
- diuretics and sodium restriction
- Proteinuria
Nephritic syndrome?
- Inflammation affecting capillary endothelium allowing passage of cells and proteins into renal tubule
Features of nephritic syndrome?
- Hematuria
- Proteinuria less than 3.5 g/day
- New onset htn
- AKI/oliguria
Break down nephritic syndroms into the causes?
- Immune complex related
- low complement, seen in post strep SLE
- normal complement levels, IgA nephropathy
- Pulmonary renal syndromes:
- Anti GBM
- ANCA associated
Describe the two immune complex diseases associated with low complement that result in nephritic syndrome
- post infectious GN
- hx of recept strep infection
- SLE nephritis
- can present with systemic findings in lypus
- can present with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis emergency
Describe the immune complex diseases associated with normal complement that result in nephritic syndrome
- IgA nephropathy
- most common nephritic syndrome
- gross hematuria at time of URI (synpharyngitic)
- May present with isolated gross or microscopic hematuria
- benign course
What nephritic syndromes fall under pulmonary renal syndromes?
- Anti GBM presenting with rapidly progressive GN
- hemoptysis due to alveolar hemorrhage, hematuria, severe AKI
- ANCA associated
- GPA
- respirartory sx including chronic sinusitis and saddle nose and hemoptysis
- renal sx hematuria with severe AKI
- Miceroscopic polyangitis
- GPA without upper respiratory sx
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg Strauss)
- adult onset asthma eosinohpihlia palpable purpura hematuria and AKI
- GPA
How do you work up nephritic syndrome?
- Seerum creatinine with GFR
- UA with microscopy
- Urine albumin to creatine
- Urine protein to creatine
- ANCA Anti GBM ANA complement
- Renal bx
Plolyruia vs urinary frequency
- production of >3L of urine in 24 hrs is polyuria while an increase in frequency of urination regardless of volume is frequency