Indications directory

Basic evaluations:

Blood: Creatinine, urea, creatinine-clearance, ESR or CRP, basic blood count, sodium, potassium, C3, C4, ASL-titer, if necessary PTT, INR-value

Urine: Urine status, urine sediment, erythrocyte morphology, sodium, creatinine and protein in the 24-hour urine, urine-protein-SDS-electrophoresis

Further tests for etiological evaluation:

Serology:         

ASL, anti-DNase (on suspicion of streptococcus infection), hepatitis B, CMV, Hanta-virus, HIV (consent required), malaria, schistosomiases, leishmaniosis, trypanosomiasis, echinococcosis

Immunology:

C-ANCA (on suspicion of Wegener’s disease), p-ANCA (on suspicion of rapid progressive glomerulonephritis), glomerular basal membrane antibodies (on suspicion of Goodpasture syndrome), ANA (on suspicion of lupus erythematosus), C3, C4, C3-nephritis factor (on suspicion of membrane-proliferative Glomerulonephritis)

Please also see:

• IgA-nephropathy
• Rapid progressive glomerulonephritis
• Goodpasture syndrome
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Vasculitis on suspicion of polyarteritis nodosa or purpura Schönlein Henoch