Monday, October 19, 2009

Urinalysis findings in chronic kidney disease

- There are no specific casts that suggest chronic kidney disease.
- Patients with chronic kidney disease may have broad casts in their urine, which derive from damaged and dilated tubules.
- In general, patients with end-stage kidney disease of any cause have very scant urine sediments because there are very few remaining nephrons left that produce dilute urine

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