The nephritic syndrome is acute in onset and associated with oliguria, azotemia, hypertension, and proteinuria of variable quantity. Hematuria (usually dysmorphic) and RBC casts are the hallmark of glomerular inflammation and glomerular basement membrane disruption. A diverse group of diseases cause the syndrome and the presentation is often dramatic and can be life threatening.
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Baumgarten, M., Gehr, T. W. B., & Carl, D. (2016). Diseases of the kidney. In Family Medicine: Principles and Practice (pp. 1275–1292). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04414-9_104
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