How can urine microscopy influence the differential diagnosis of AKI?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 691-693

  Perazella, Mark A ^a   Parikh, Chirag R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URINALYSIS; URINE MICROSCOPY; URINE VOLUME; CYTOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AZOTEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URINE;

EID: 66449133916     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06691208     Document Type: Editorial

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