The ABC's of evaluating children with hematuria.
Hematuria is a common problem in children. Microscopic hematuria is more frequent than gross hematuria. Hematuria is often the initial finding in patients with urinary tract disease, and it is important to differentiate treatable renal involvement from untreatable, or benign, hematuria. The ABC's of hematuria in children were developed to teach the evaluation of children with hematuria to medical students and house staff. The ABC mnemonic helps physicians remember the differential diagnosis: Anatomy, Boulders, Cancer, Drug-related, Exercise, Foreign body, Glomerulonephritis, Hematology and Infection. A clinical algorithm is provided to guide the evaluation of children with hematuria.
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University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans