Glomerular Pathology · Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Compendio experto de las enfermedades del glomérulo renal: fisiopatología molecular, clasificación histológica, síndromes clínicos, etiologías primarias y secundarias, diagnóstico integrado y principios terapéuticos actualizados.

What it covers

1. Introduction and Classification of Glomerular Diseases
2. Functional Anatomy of the Glomerulus and Pathophysiology
3. · The Glomerular Filtration Barrier
4. · Mesangial Cells and Mesangial Matrix
5. · General Mechanisms of Glomerular Injury
6. Clinical Glomerular Syndromes
7. · Nephrotic Syndrome
8. · Nephritic Syndrome
9. · Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
10. · Asymptomatic Proteinuria / Asymptomatic Glomerular Hematuria
11. Minimal Change Disease (MCD)
12. · Epidemiology and Etiology
13. · Pathogenesis
14. · Histopathology
15. · Clinical Course and Response to Treatment
16. Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
17. · Columbia Concept and Classification
18. · Etiologies
19. · Histopathology
20. · Treatment and Prognosis
21. Membranous Glomerulonephritis (GNM)
22. · Pathogenesis: The Anti-PLA2R Antibody Paradigm
23. · Secondary Etiologies
24. · Histopathology
25. · Natural Evolution and Rule of Thirds
26. · Treatment: Ponticelli and Rituximab Scheme
27. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
28. IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)
29. · Epidemiology and Pathogenesis: The "4 Hits" Model
30. · Clinical Presentation
31. · Histopathology: Oxford Classification (MEST-C)
32. · Treatment of IgA Nephropathy
33. Acute Diffuse Endocapillary Glomerulonephritis (Post-Infectious)
34. · Etiopathogenesis
35. · Histopathology
36. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
37. · Crescents: Formation and Types
38. · RPGN treatment
39. Lupus Nephritis
40. · ISN/RPS Classification 2003 (Revised 2018)
41. · The "Full House" Pattern in Immunofluorescence
42. · Activity and Chronification Indices (NIH)
43. · Treatment of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis (Classes III/IV)
44. Diabetic Nephropathy
45. · Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
46. · Mogensen Stadiums (DM1)
47. · The Kimmelstiel-Wilson Injury
48. · Nephroprotective Treatment
49. Renal Amyloidosis
50. · Clinical and Diagnostic Characteristics
51. ANCA vasculitis and Pauci-immune GN
52. · Classification of ANCA Vasculitis
53. · Pathogenesis of Glomerular Injury due to ANCA
54. · Histopathology
55. Goodpasture syndrome (Anti-GBM)
56. · Histopathology and Diagnosis
57. HIV Nephropathy and Other Glomerulopathies
58. · Alport syndrome
59. · Thin Basement Membrane Disease
60. · HBV nephropathy
61. Biochemical and Immunological Diagnosis of Glomerulopathies
62. · Uroanalysis and Urinary Sediment
63. · Quantification of Proteinuria
64. · Immunological Panel in Suspected Glomerulopathy
65. · Kidney Function and CKD Staging
66. · Image: Ultrasonography and Biopsy
67. Kidney Biopsy: Technique, Indications and Processing
68. · Indications and Contraindications
69. · Technique
70. Therapeutic Principles in Glomerulopathies
71. · Universal Nephroprotective Measures
72. · Immunosuppressants in Glomerulopathies: Mechanisms and Toxicity
73. · Management of Edema in Nephrotic Syndrome
74. Integrated Diagnostic Algorithms
75. · Algorithm: Adult Nephrotic Syndrome
76. · Algorithm: GNRP / Severe Acute Nephritic Syndrome