Table 2 Variables stored in PROMIS as part of the provincial pathology database, with representative examples
Variables in pathology | Examples |
|---|---|
database | |
Patient details | Name, date of birth, Personal Health Number, geographic location, sex |
Biopsy details | Date of biopsy, native versus transplant biopsy, surgical case number |
Primary and secondary diagnoses | As per pathologists’ discretion |
Quantitative pathology details | Number of glomeruli |
Number of obsolete glomeruli | |
Number of segmentally sclerotic glomeruli Number of glomeruli with crescents | |
Severity of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy | |
Severity of arteriolar and arterial vascular disease | |
Immunofluorescence findings | 0-3+ for each of IgG, IgM, IgA, C3 and C1q |
Disease-specific classifications | IgA nephropathy: MEST score |
Transplant allograft: Banff classification | |
Lupus nephritis: ISN/RPS classification | |
FSGS: Columbia classification | |
ANCA vasculitis: EUVAS classification |