Only ~350 ml of urine drained when a bladder catheter ... associated with postobstructive diuresis), and AKI due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN) or acute interstitial nephritis (AIN).

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 ...

Discover a study that ssessed the potential of urinary biomarkers to predict patient mortality in cirrhotic individuals.

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.

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 ...

microscopic examination of urine sediment reveals cellular and structural elements. Red blood cell (RBC) casts may point to ...