Proteinuria and Polyuria Flashcards
What are the 3 layers of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier?
- Fenestrated Capillary Endothelium
- Glomerular Basement Membrane
- Podocytes
The Fenestrated Capillary Endothelium layer of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier keeps what out of the urine?
Cells
The Glomerular Basement Membrane and the Podocytes layer of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier keep what out of the urine?
Large plasma proteins like Albumin
What things get through the Glomerular Filtration Barrier?
Low molecular weight proteins
Solutes
Small molecules
What amount of protein and albumin in the urine is normal?
Protein < 150 mg/day
Albumin < 30 mg/day
What is the main cause of Proteinuria?
Damaged Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Which 2 tests to measure proteinuria can only detect Albumin in the urine?
- Urinalysis
- Spot urine Albumin/Creatinine ratio
What can the Spot Urine Albumin/Creatinine Ratio recognize?
Diabetic Nephropathy
What test to measure proteinuria can detect light chain proteinuria due to multiple myeloma?
Spot urine Protein/Creatinine Ratio
– detects all proteins
What test to measure proteinuria is the gold standard but inconvenient?
24 hour urine protein
What is Nephrotic Syndrome?
Damaged Glomerular Filtration Barrier
=> proteins pass into renal tubule
What are the 5 main attributes of Nephrotic Syndrome?
- Proteinuria > 3.5 g/day
- Edema
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypercoagulability
- Hyperlipidemia
What are the 5 main attributes of Nephrotic Syndrome?
- Proteinuria > 3.5 g/day
- Edema
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypercoagulability
- Hyperlipidemia
What causes Edema with Nephrotic Syndrome?
Either:
- Decreased oncotic pressure due to hypoalbuminemia OR
- Decreased renal blood flow which causes RAAS (+) with na+ and water retention
What causes the Hypercoagulability with Nephrotic Syndrome?
Losing Antithrombin III in the urine which is an anticoagulant
=> increased thromboembolic events
The urine sediment with Nephrotic Syndrome is ___
Bland
– few cells
How will the urine look with Nephrotic Syndrome?
Foamy
- Proteinuria > 3.5 g/day
How will the Hyperlipidemia present with Nephrotic syndrome?
Fatty casts and Xanthelasmas
What are 5 potential causes of Nephrotic Syndrome?
- Diabetes
- Minimal Change Disorder
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Amyloidosis
Diabetes is a main cause of Nephrotic Syndrome. Minimal Change Disorder can also be a cause. Who is that common in?
Children
What cause of Nephrotic Syndrome is associated with HIV, heroin use and chronic reflux?
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
What cause of Nephrotic Syndrome is associated with hepatitis B/C, syphilis, SLE…?
Membranous Nephropathy