A medical student rotating via Nephrology takes us via using a concept map as her understanding of proteinuria improved from her first encounter.

2. A concept map of proteinuria in my head before I read more about it

6. Proteinuria Functional Tubular Glomerular Overflow Most common cause in clinical practice

8. Proteinuria Benign Orthostatic Transient Functional Standing Exertion Fever Tall, thin, <30 y/o

10. Proteinuria Primary Secondary Proliferative Non-Proliferative Proliferative Non-Proliferative Glomerular

11. Proteinuria IgA Proliferative Non-Proliferative Mesangial Proliferative Membranoproliferative Membranous Immunotactoid Fibrillary MCD FSGS Primary Glomerular

12. Proteinuria HSP Proliferative Non-Proliferative HepC Post infectious Light Chain Amyloid Secondary FSGS Anti-GBM Lupus Vasculitis Bacterial Endocarditis Cryoglobulin Diabetic HTN Secondary Glomerular

14. Proteinuria Isolated Fanconi's Syndrome Mixed Tubular Acquired Inherited Proximal tubule dysfunction AIN ATN Other Toxins RTA Multiple Myeloma

16. Proteinuria Light Chains Immunoglobulin Kappa IgG Lambda Overflow Amyloid IgM

17. A better understanding of the concepts now