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1444 Protein-Losing Nephropathy
Protein-Losing Nephropathy
VetBooks.ir Proteinuria
Recheck in 2 weeks
Transient Persistent
• Consider resolved or Urine sediment
intermittent disease
• Re-evaluate
Negative Positive
Urine Consider postglomerular
protein/creatinine ratio proteinuria
>0.5 (dog) <0.5 (dog)
>0.4 (cat) <0.4 (cat)
Serum albumin Re-evaluate
in 3–6 months
Normal/increased Normal/decreased
Consider glomerular
Consider preglomerular proteinuria
proteinuria
Search for risk factors,
underlying disease
Renal biopsy ideal
Glomerulonephritis Renal amyloidosis
Hereditary nephropathy Glomerulosclerosis
Membranous nephropathy Minimal change disease
UPDATED AND EDITED BY: Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY: Anne M. Dalby, DVM, DACVIM
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