A common use of urinary sediment examination is to attempt to place patients with AKI into one of two conventional diagnostic categories: pre-renal azotemia (PRA) and acute tubular necrosis (ATN ...

Acute kidney injury frequently occurs as a result of acute tubular necrosis (ATN), which is often ... vasodilation and ATG Significant increase in urine output and trend towards lower serum ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of urinary biomarkers when diagnosing acute kidney injury ... Conclusions: Tubular injury is frequent amongst children undergoing CBP.

microscopic examination of urine sediment reveals cellular and structural elements. Red blood cell (RBC) casts may point to glomerulonephritis, granular casts to acute tubular necrosis (ATN), and ...

Urine microscopy is an important adjunct ... renal tubule epithelial cells are highly predictive of acute tubular necrosis and can help to exclude prerenal acute kidney injury, seen in ...