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Urinary sediments under microscopic examination
1. URINARY SEDIMENTS UNDER
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION
Presenter: Dr. ARNAB NANDY; MBBS, MD (Pediatrics)
1ST YEAR DrNB Trainee (Nephrology), MSHK, Kolkata
2. INTRODUCTION -
Urine collection for microscopic examination:
Timing of examination and preservation for transport:
Processing before microscopic examination: 2000
rpm, 5 minutes
Low and high power objective examination:
3. OBJECTIVES FOR M/E -
Red cells, Pus cells (leucocytes), renal epithelial cells
Various casts
Various crystals
Others: various micro-organisms
Urinary
sediments
12. Causes Crystal Appearance
AKI from ethylene
glycol
Calcium oxalate mono
or di-hydrate
Needle or Envelop
shaped
AKI from uric acid
nephropathy
Uric acid Diamond shaped,
yellow or brown
AKI from sulfadiazine Sulfadiazine Needle shaped
(shocks of wheat)
AKI from acyclovir Acyclovir Needle shaped,
birefringent
AKI from indinavir Indinavir sulfate/
Azatavir
Needle shaped;
rosettes
Urinary crystals associated with acute kidney
injury (AKI)
Faubel S, Edelstein CL. The patient with acute kidney injury. In: Schrier RW,
editors. Manual of nephrology. 8th Edition. New Delhi: Wolters Kluwer
(India) Pvt Ltd; 2019. p. 228-30.
24. TAMM-HORSFALL
PROTEIN/UROMODULIN -
Glycoprotein secreted by thick ascending loop (TAL)
Matrix of renal casts and stones
Protective role in acute tubular injury (ATI)
Estimation of uromodulin (in urine and serum) and severity of ATI
Uromodulin: Creatinine ratio in urine (lower the ratio, higher the
injury)
Opal SM. Innate Immunity and the Kidney. In: Editor(s): Ronco C, Bellomo R, Kellum JA, Ricci Z. Critical Care Nephrology. 3rd Edition. New
York: Elsevier; 2019. p. 476-82.
25. CLUES TO FIND-
Physiological or pathological
SITE of affliction
DURATION of affliction
NATURE of affliction