[Procedure on finding microhematuria in medical practice].
Of 2000 unselected patients consecutively examined during the first 3 months of 1972 at the Outpatient Clinic for Internal Medicine, University of Basel, 102 (5.1%) were found to have pathologic erythrocyturia on routine urinalysis. In 63 of these patients the first examination did not produce a precise diagnosis such as to explain the microhematuria symptom. 30 of the 63 patients were not rechecked. 24 of the 33 rechecked patients with microhematuria again showed a pathologic erythrocyte count in urinalysis. Further workup for hematuria in 18 of these patients produced a definite diagnosis in 11 but not in the other 7 i.e. the final diagnosis in the latter was (microhematuria of undetermined origin). Workup for microhematuria is of great importance in clinical practice, and for this reason a specific procedure for workup of ambulatory patients is proposed.
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis; D006417:Hematuria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D008598:Menstruation; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis
D000925:Anticoagulants
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