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Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Glomerular Disease.
Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Acute Glomerulonephritis (proteinuria and haematuria) with a decline in kidney function (>25% decline in eGFR within 6-12 weeks) Note: If there is any uncertainty regarding the urgency of an acute referral, please contact your local Kidney Medicine clinician, as direct ward admission may be considered.
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Previously diagnosed chronic Glomerulonephritis patient requiring ongoing specialist follow up
Cat 3 · 365 days
appointment within 365 calendar days. - No category 3 criteria
Referral will be returned without this. If a mandatory test cannot be obtained, say so in the referral.
- Presence of comorbid conditions such as SLE or other autoimmune condition, hypertension, diabetes, vascular disease or known chronic kidney disease - List of medications and allergies - FBC and ELFT results - Serial urea, creatinine and eGFR results - Urine albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) or urine protein creatinine ratio (PCR) (ideally early morning sample but a random sample is acceptable) - Urine midstream M/C/S (including testing for red cell morphology, casts and crystals preferable) - Recent BP results
There are currently no out of scope conditions for this service.
Parent service: Nephrology
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