Microscopic examination of the urine sediment is an important tool ... such as an examination of joint crystals or analysis of blood smears. At our teaching conferences we have routinely reviewed ...

Since the test involves a visual, chemical, and microscopic examination of the collected urine, certain substances ... slide under the microscope. Cells, crystals, and other substances are counted ...

In a microscopic study, the urine sample is examined under a microscope to check for germs, cells, urine crystals or casts ... may be observed during a visual examination of the urine sample.

Hippocrates wrote about urine examination as early as 400 BC and correctly identified urine as a ... Microscopic analysis detects cells and formed elements, such as casts and crystals, ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination do not recommend routine screening of urine for microscopic hematuria. 11 Regarding bladder ...

properties of absenic; the long cross-examination of dr. dana. in the hands of the rev. mr. hayden's skillful counsel--the expert's work smith the microscope, and his comparisons--the conditions ...

In a microscopic examination, technicians look for white and red blood cells, bacteria, skin cells, crystals, and other substances that can help diagnose medical conditions. Urine drug testing is ...

CHICAGO – Adolescents and young adults who had persistent, microscopic blood in their urine (hematuria ... a frequent incidental finding on routine examination of children, adolescents, and ...

Adolescents and young adults who had persistent, microscopic blood in their urine (hematuria) were more likely to develop end-stage renal disease over a follow-up period of about 20 years ...