Chapter 5: Hematuria and Proteinuria Flashcards

1
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definition of hematuria

A

presence of erythrocytes in urine

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2 types of hematuria

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  1. macroscopic = grossly visible

2. microscopic = only detectable on urine dipstick

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if urine is negative for heme, what are some rare causes of discoloration?

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  • porphyria
  • beetroot ingestion
  • drugs such as rifampin
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what are some causes of increased erythrocytes in urine?

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  • strenuous exertion
  • menstruation
  • urethral catheterization
  • bladder trauma
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5
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definition of microscopic hematuria

A

2 or more erythrocytes per HPF on light microscopy in centrifuged sediment

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causes of hematuria:

hematuria confirmed? if NO

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other causes: drugs, pigments, hemaglobinuria, myoglobinuria

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causes of hematuria:

hematuria confirmed? if YES, what’s the next question to ask?

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intermittent or sustained?

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causes of hematuria:

if intermittent, what are some possible causes?

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  • infection
  • “jogger’s nephritis”
  • menstruation
  • catheter associated
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causes of hematuria:

if sustained, what’s the next question to ask?

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macroscopic or microscopic?

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causes of hematuria:

if macroscopic, what’s the next question to ask?

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is it throughout stream, early in stream, or late in stream?

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causes of hematuria:

if macroscopic hematuria is is throughout stream, then source is?

A

kidney origin

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causes of hematuria:

if macroscopic hematuria is early in stream, then source is?

A

urethral origin

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causes of hematuria:

if macroscopic hematuria is late in stream, then source is?

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bladder or prostate origin

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causes of hematuria:

if microscopic, what are the next 2 questions to ask?

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does the urine microscopy have CASTS, and is there PROTEINURIA?

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causes of hematuria:

if microscopic, and there are NO casts, and NO proteinuria

A
  • thin membrane disease

- Alport syndrome

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causes of hematuria:

if microscopic, and there are casts, and proteinuria

A

glomerulonephritis

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17
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what are some risk factors for urologic malignancy? (8)

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  1. age > 40 years
  2. smoking history
  3. occupational exposure to benzene or amine dyes
  4. h/o gross hematuria
  5. h/o chronic cystitis
  6. h/o pelvic irradiation
  7. h/o cyclophosphamide use
  8. h/o analgesic abuse
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18
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macroscopic hematuria of glomerular origin occurs in what 3 conditions?

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  • IgA nephropathy
  • renal vasculitis
  • complication of AC
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macroscopic hematuria can also occur 2/2 what?

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  • renal tubular damage

- AKI

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20
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persistent, isolated hematuria of glomerular origin is important bc it indicates an increased risk of?

A

ESRD

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what are the 4 main causes of persistent, isolated hematuria of glomerular origin associated with ESRD?

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  1. IgA nephropathy
  2. Alport syndrome
  3. mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis w/o IgA deposits
  4. thin basement membrane disease
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22
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rare causes of hematuria

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  • hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
  • schistosomiasis
  • radiation cystitis
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23
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  • left renal vein compressed between aorta and proximal superior mesenteric artery
  • left flank pain
  • orthostatic proteinuria
  • hematuria
A

nutcracker syndrome

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24
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  • dysmorphic RBCs
  • loin pain (can be severe)
  • usually normal kidney function
A

loin pain hematuria syndrome

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25
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findings on UA in favor of glomerular bleeding diagnosis

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  • RBC casts
  • proteinuria > 500 mg/day
  • dysmorphic RBCs
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26
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investigation of hematuria:

hematuria suspected, next step?

A

urine dipstick

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investigation of hematuria:

pus cells seen on urine dipstick, next step?

A

urine culture

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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine dipstick, next step?

A

urine microscopy

29
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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine microscopy: NO casts present, next step?

A

urine cytology

30
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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine microscopy: NO casts present, next step after urine cytology

A

US and/or CT scan

31
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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine microscopy: NO casts present, next step after urine cytology, US and/or CT scan

A

consider angiography or cystoscopy

32
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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine microscopy: RBC casts, waxy casts, dysmorphic RBCs, next step?

A
  • quantitate proteinuria
  • blood tests including eGFR
  • immunology screen
33
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investigation of hematuria:

if hematuria identified on urine microscopy: RBC casts, waxy casts, dysmorphic RBCs, next step after quantitating proteinuria, blood tests including eGFR, and immunology screen?

A

kidney US and then kidney biopsy

34
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in groups what are the causes of hematuria?

A
  • glomerular hematuria
  • nonglomerular hematuria
  • other
35
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causes of glomerular hematuria: primary glomerulonephritis (8)

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  • membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  • mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis
  • crescentic glomerulonephritis
  • anti-GBM disease
  • focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
  • membranous glomerulopathy
  • minimal change disease
  • fibrillary glomerulopathy
36
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causes of glomerular hematuria: multisystem or autoimmune d/o (4)

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  • SLE
  • vasculitis
  • scleroderma glomerulopathy
  • thrombotic microangiopathy
37
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causes of glomerular hematuria: other (4)

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  • Alport syndrome (hereditary)
  • Fabry disease (hereditary)
  • thin basement membrane disease (hereditary)
  • infection associated glomerulonephritis
38
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin

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  • tubulointerstitial nephritis
  • hypersensitivity tubulointerstitial nephritis
  • TINU (tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome)
  • Sjogren syndrome
  • vascular d/o
  • papillary necrosis
  • malignancy
39
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin d/t vascular d/o’s (5)

A
  • malignant HTN
  • renal artery or vein thrombosis
  • AVM
  • scleroderma renal crisis
  • polyarteritis nodosa
40
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin d/t malignancy (4)

A
  • renal cell carcinoma
  • Wilms tumor
  • lymphoma/leukemia
    metastatic disease
41
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin d/t infection

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  • pyelonephritis
  • tuberculosis
  • BK nephropathy
42
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hereditary causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin

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  • polycystic kidney disease

- medullary sponge kidney

43
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other causes of nonglomerular hematuria: kidney origin

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  • trauma

- idiopathic hematuria

44
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin

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  • malignancy
  • vascular
  • infection
  • calculi
  • inflammatory
  • vasculitis
  • drugs (cyclophosphamide)
  • trauma/foreign body
45
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin d/t malignancy

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  • transitional cell carcinoma

- carcinoma of the bladder/prostate

46
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vascular causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin

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malformations/nevi

47
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin d/t infection

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  • cystitis
  • prostatitis
  • tuberculosis
  • schistomiasis
48
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inflammatory causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin

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  • retroperitoneal fibrosis/aortitis
  • endometriosis
  • diverticulitis/Crohn’s disease
  • hypersensitivity cystitis
49
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causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin d/t vasculitis

A
  • Churg-Strauss angiitis

- polyarteritis nodosa

50
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other causes of nonglomerular hematuria: urinary tract origin

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  • loin pain hematuria syndrome
  • acquired cystic disease of kidney failure
  • coagulation d/o
  • factitious
51
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

MPGN

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  • C3/C4
  • C3 nephritic factor
  • cyroglobulins
  • hepatitis B and C
52
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

anti-GBM disease

A
  • anti-GBM antibodies

- CXR

53
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathy

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  • serum and urine electrophoresis
  • C3/C4
  • calcium
  • bone marrow bx
  • skeletal survey
54
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

SLE

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  • ANA
  • anti-dsDNA
  • ENAs
  • C3/C4
  • anticardiolipin Ab
55
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

vasculitis (granulomatosis w/ polyangitis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss angiitis)

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  • c-ANCA also known as PR3-ANCA (for granulomatosis w/ polyangitis)
  • p-ANCA also known as MPO-ANCA (for microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss angiitis)
56
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

thrombotic microangiopathy

A
  • anticardiolipin Ab

- lupus anticoagulant

57
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

Alport disease

A

audiometry

58
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

Fabry disease

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plasma a-galactosidase A activity

59
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

HIV nephropathy

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HIV

60
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

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  • ASO
  • anti-DNAase
  • C3/C4
  • rheumatoid factor
61
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laboratory investigation of glomerular hematuria: relevant abnormal investigations

infective endocarditis

A
  • echocardiography
  • C3/C4
  • rheumatoid factor
62
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • RBC casts
  • RPGN
  • lung hemorrhage

next step

A

anti-GBM Abs

63
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

if anti-GBM Abs positive

A

Goodpasture disease

64
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANA POSITIVE
  • if anti-ds-DNA positive
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SLE

65
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANA POSITIVE
  • if anti-cardiolipin Ab or lupus anticoagulant positive
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antipospholipid syndrome

66
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANA POSITIVE
  • anti-SCL70 or anti-RNA polymerase III positive
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scleroderma

67
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANA POSITIVE
  • anti-Ro/La positive
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Sjogren syndrome

68
Q

glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANCA POSITIVE
  • if anti-MPO positive
A

microscopic polyangiitis

69
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glomerular hematuria initial screening:

  • if ANCA POSITIVE
  • if anti-PR3 positive
A

granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis