[Examination of patients with monosymptomatic dipstick hematuria. A questionnaire study in Danish departments of surgery].
Routine procedures for urological investigations, treatment and follow-up of patients with monosymptomatic dipstick haematuria were studied by a questionnaire. This consisted of 13 questions and was filled in by the chief urologist in 45 (80%) of all surgical departments in Denmark. Dipstick testing was used by 98% of all departments, but only in 31% of these were the personnel reading the tests especially trained in the procedure. Cystourethroscopy and excretory urography were used in respectively 98% and 93% of the departments, although many different evaluation schedules were employed. Thirty-eight departments confirmed the initial dipstick result, of these 21 (55%) omitted further investigations in case of a negative result. Persistent monosymptomatic haematuria resulted in repeated urological examination in 36 departments (80%). The paper discusses the use of dipstick testing versus urine microscopy and gives recommendations for the investigation and follow-up of patients with monosymptomatic dipstick haematuria.
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Centrallaboratoriet og organkirurgisk afdeling A, urologisk sektion, Hillerød Sygehus.
Bjerrum
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Bødker
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Meyhoff
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D003718:Denmark; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic