Can dipstick screening for hematuria identify individuals with structural renal abnormalities? A sonographic evaluation.
The present study presents data from a population study of 659 randomly selected adult volunteers. All participants had a renal sonographic examination and at the same time had their urine tested for hematuria by dipstick. Thirty participants (5%) had dipstick hematuria. Similar rats of abnormal renal findings were obtained in the hematuria-positive and hematuria-negative groups, 10% and 8%, respectively. Our results suggest that dipstick investigation for hematuria in mass-screening programs is not effective for the detection of structural renal abnormalities.
Emamian
S A
SA
Department of Radiology/Ultrasound, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nielsen
M B
MB
Pedersen
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography