National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases
Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy
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Greenberg, A
January 1, 2017
The urinalysis is an essential component of the evaluation of patients with suspected parenchymal kidney disease and helps distinguish among the various causes of glomerular disease and acute or chronic kidney injury. It can be performed rapidly and at little expense. Chemical testing can be performed by individuals using the readily available dipstick technique or by high-throughput commercial laboratory instruments. However, automated examination of the spun urine sediment is not sufficiently reliable for accurate diagnosis. To properly identify blood cells, casts, crystals, lipid, infectious agents, and other formed elements, there is no substitute for manual examination of the resuspended spun urine sediment by an experienced observer.
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Greenberg, A. (2017). Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy. In National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases (pp. 33–41). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-47794-9.00004-4
Greenberg, A. “Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy.” In National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases, 33–41, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-47794-9.00004-4.
Greenberg A. Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy. In: National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases. 2017. p. 33–41.
Greenberg, A. “Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy.” National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases, 2017, pp. 33–41. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-47794-9.00004-4.
Greenberg A. Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy. National Kidney Foundation S Primer on Kidney Diseases. 2017. p. 33–41.