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Giovanni B Fogazzi1, Giuseppe Garigali2, Matteo Abinti3
1Clinical and Research Laboratory On Urinary Sediment, SC Di Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto Di Rene, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. giovanni.fogazzi@policlinico.mi.it.
Abstract:
Examination of the urinary sediment (U-sed) is an important non-invasive, rapid, and inexpensive tool for the diagnosis and surveillance over time of renal diseases. In this Educational Review, we describe first how to collect, prepare, and examine urine samples in order to obtain reliable results. Then, we describe the U-sed findings in isolated microscopic hematuria, glomerular diseases, acute interstitial nephritis, acute kidney injury, reactivation of the BK virus in kidney transplant recipients, and crystalluric genetic diseases.
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