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- Title
Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria in Adults: Summary of the AUA Best Practice Policy Recommendations.
- Authors
Grossfeld, Gary D.; Wolf, Jr., J. Stuart; Litwin, Mark S.; Hricak, Hedvig; Shuler, Cathryn L.; Agerter, David C.; Carroll, Peter R.
- Abstract
The American Urological Association (AUA) convened the Best Practice Policy Panel on Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria to formulate policy statements and recommendations for the evaluation of asymptomatic microhematuria in adults. The recommended definition of microscopic hematuria is three or more red blood cells per high-power microscopic field in urinary sediment from two of three properly collected urinalysis specimens. This definition accounts for some degree of hematuria in normal patients, as well as the intermittent nature of hematuria in patients with urologic malignancies. Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria has causes ranging from minor findings that do not require treatment to highly significant, life-threatening lesions. Therefore, the AUA recommends that an appropriate renal or urologic evaluation be performed in all patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria who are at risk for urologic disease or primary renal disease. At this time, there is no consensus on when to test for microscopic hematuria in the primary care setting, and screening is not addressed in this report. However, the AUA report suggests that the patient's history and physical examination should help the physician decide whether testing is appropriate.
- Subjects
HEMATURIA; URINARY organ diseases; KIDNEY diseases; URINALYSIS; CLINICAL medicine
- Publication
American Family Physician, 2001, Vol 63, Issue 6, p1145
- ISSN
0002-838X
- Publication type
Article