Glomerular Disorders

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• Overview of Glomerular Disorders
  • Diagnosis

• Overview of Nephritic Syndrome
  • Acute glomerulonephritis
  • Chronic glomerulonephritis

• Alport Syndrome
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment reference
  • Key Points

• Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Angiotensin inhibition in IgA nephropathy
    • Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors
    • Corticosteroids and immunosuppressants in IgA nephropathy
    • Other treatments
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN)
  • Etiology
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
  • Antiglomerular basement membrane antibody disease
  • Immune complex RPGN
  • Pauci-immune RPGN
  • Double-antibody disease
  • Idiopathic RPGN
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Thin Basement Membrane Disease
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Overview of Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Etiology
  • Pathophysiology
    • Complications of nephrotic syndrome
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Urine testing
    • Adjunctive testing in nephrotic syndrome
    • Testing for secondary causes of nephrotic syndrome
  • Treatment
    • Treatment of disorder causing nephrotic syndrome
    • Proteinuria treatment
    • Edema treatment
    • Dyslipidemia treatment
    • Hypercoagulability treatment
  • Management of infection risk
  • Nephrectomy for nephrotic syndrome
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Congenital Nephrotic Syndromes
  • Diffuse mesangial sclerosis
  • Finnish-type nephrotic syndrome
  • Other congenital nephrotic syndromes

• Diabetic Nephropathy
  • Pathophysiology
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Urinary protein
    • Screening
  • Treatment
    • Blood glucose control
    • Blood pressure control
    • Dyslipidemia
    • Other treatments
    • Kidney transplantation
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points
  • More Information

• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Immunosuppressive therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• HIV-Associated Nephropathy
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Membranous Nephropathy
  • Etiology
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Diagnosis of cause
    • Diagnosis reference
  • Treatment
    • Immunosuppressive therapy
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Minimal Change Disease
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Corticosteroids
    • Other immunosuppressive therapies
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
    • Prognosis reference
  • Key Points

• Fibrillary and Immunotactoid Glomerulopathies
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis

• Lupus Nephritis
  • Pathophysiology
    • Antiphospholipid syndrome nephropathy
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Immunosuppression
    • Other treatments
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
  • Immunoglobulin/immune complex–mediated MPGN
  • Complement-mediated MPGN
  • Membranoproliferative pattern MPGN without immunoglobulin or complement deposition
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis
  • More Information
  • Key Points