title: Causes of microhaematuria in an Austrian general practice.
abstract: In order to determine whether patients with microhaematuria seen in general practice should be followed up in order to establish an aetiological diagnosis, a study was performed in a general practice in Vienna. Over a period of 2 1/2 years 87 patients with haematuria were found by a systematic procedure among a clientele of 2500 persons. This gives a one-year incidence rate of about seven per 1 000. By systematic investigation, three main groups of patients could be found: patients with microhaematuria and additional leukocyturia and bacteriuria (40%), most of them needing no further investigation after treatment of their urine infection; patients with microhaematuria showing different degrees of pathological changes after a complete urological check-up (43%); patients where the complete checkup did not reveal any aetiological diagnosis (13%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged