Interobserver reliability of urine sediment interpretation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-571

  Wald, Ron ^a,b   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,c   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a,b   Perrone, Samuel ^d   Liangos, Orfeas ^d   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b,c   Jaber, Bertrand L ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UREMIA; URINE SEDIMENT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INTERNET; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 66149156260     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05331008     Document Type: Article

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