What is significant hematuria for the primary care physician?
Roland I. Sing, Rajiv K. Singal
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.19, Suppl.5, pp. 36-41, 2012
Abstract Hematuria is a common finding in primary care practice.
Causes of significant hematuria include urinary tract
infection, urolithiasis, malignancies, benign prostatic
hyperplasia, and nephropathies. Hematuria is identified
by taking a patient history and by performing a routine
urine dipstick test. If a patient has a history of gross
hematuria and/or a positive urine dipstick test, he or she
should then have a microscopic urinalysis. The primary
care physician can order ancillary tests such as laboratory
tests to assess renal function, and possible imaging tests
such as ultrasound, computed tomography urography,
or magnetic resonance urography. The More >