Urine microscopy is a time-honored, readily available and commonly used noninvasive test to aid clinicians in discriminating between different forms of acute kidney injury. However, the diagnostic and prognostic importance of assessing urinary sediment is largely unknown.
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Bagshaw, S., Gibney, R. Clinical value of urine microscopy in acute kidney injury. Nat Rev Nephrol 5, 185–186 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2009.23
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