Open AccessUrinary Sediment Cast Scoring Index for Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Lakhmir S. Chawla,
Aaron Dommu,
Alexandra Berger,
Shirley Shih,
Samir S. Patel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nephron clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1660-2110
DOI - 10.1159/000166605
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , urinary sediment , urinary system , urology , urine , acute tubular necrosis , receiver operating characteristic , rifle , kidney , archaeology , history
Urine microscopy is a useful diagnostic tool; however, the manner in which nephrologists prepare and examine urinary sediment is variable. We developed an acute kidney injury (AKI) cast scoring index (CSI) in order to standardize urinary microscopy. Further, we sought to assess the precision of this scoring system.
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