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QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE URINARY SEDIMENT AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Ooi B. S.,
KincaidSmith Priscilla
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63107.x
Subject(s) - urinary sediment , transplantation , urinary system , urology , medicine , stain , urine , renal transplant , excretion , kidney transplantation , staining , pathology
The hourly urinary excretion of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, lymphocytes and renal tubular epithelial cells was studied in 12 patients after renal allograft transplantation. A doubling in the renal tubular epithelial cell count at the time of rejection was the most constant index in all rejection episodes, occurring in 14 of 21 episodes, and was particularly useful in the detection of rejection crises occurring after the first month of transplantation. An increase in lymphocytes to 8,000/ml was found at the time of rejection in four of six patients who showed rejection during the first month. The Prescott peroxidase‐phloxine stain is advocated as a useful method in allowing the quantitation of urinary sediment, whereby rejection episodes may be diagnosed after the first month of transplantation.