Proteinuria - Diagnosis and Management

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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

Urinary/Excretory

Date created

01/02/2023

Last revision

24/05/2023

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