Blunt injury to the bladder is associated with a mortality rate of 22%, and therefore appropriate evaluation of the injury is crucial. The question of which patients should receive genitourinary ...

Abdominal injuries have high associated mortality, making early diagnosis and timely treatment essential. Traditionally, radiographic investigation for bladder injury has followed detection of ...

Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria is an unreliable predictor of urothelial or renal malignancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 2630 patients. The study was published online January 9, 2013 ...

Ronald K. Loo, MD Urologist Ronald K. Loo, MD, of Southern California Permanente Medical Group and colleagues created and validated a Hematuria Risk Index. After finding that American Urological ...

The differential diagnosis for a radiolucent filling defect within the urinary system includes tumor, radiolucent stone, infectious debris, fungus, and blood clot. Dahnert gives the differential ...

How would you treat a patient who has hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and gross hematuria? A platelet count is 50,000/µL. Cystoscopy and abdominal CT are negative. —Filadelfo V. Oandasan Jr, MD, Palo Alto, ...

Panelists discuss how patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy typically present with microscopic or gross hematuria, often during upper respiratory infections, along with variable proteinuria ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current guidelines for hematuria evaluations that recommend CT scans may increase costs as well ...

What constitutes a diagnosis of microscopic hematuria? If hematuria is discovered, what is the diagnostic workup? Read on to find out. Microscopic hematuria is a baffling condition frequently ...

Contributed by: Michael S. Leapman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine RC is a 71-year-old male with a history of chronic kidney disease (baseline ...

A 57-year-old man with a history of chronic kidney disease presumed due to diabetes, hyperlipidemia, gout, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) presented to the hospital with gross hematuria for ...

A 22-year-old man presented for medical assessment in January after noticing blood in his urine. He explained that this had been going on for about 2 weeks, but had not caused any pain. He told ...