Proteinuria - Diagnosis and Management

Overview

This course is likely to take approximately 30 minutes to complete. 

It contains the following elements. 

• Background
  • Definitions, grading of albuminuria, pathophysiology, causes, and complications
• Diagnosis
  • Identification in primary care, and assessment
• Management
  • Primary care management 
• An optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• An audit suggestion
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• About important definitions relevant to proteinuria and albuminuria.
• How albuminuria is graded.
• How proteinuria occurs.
• What causes proteinuria.
• About the complications of diseases which cause proteinuria.
• How proteinuria is identified in primary care.
• How to assess people with proteinuria.
• How to manage people with proteinuria in primary care.

Topics covered