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I. Hematuria in the Child

Eileen D. Brewer, MD; George S. Benson, MD

JAMA. 1981;246(8):877-880.

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HEMATURIA, either gross or microscopic, in any patient warrants laboratory investigation. The direction and magnitude of this evaluation is dependent to a large extent on the age and sex of the patient and the presence or absence of a urinary tract infection. For example, hematuria in an otherwise asymptomatic 70-year-old man requires a significantly different evaluation than does hematuria in a 20-year-old woman with symptoms of cystitis or in an 8-year-old child with increased blood pressure. In this two-part series, three algorithms for the evaluation of hematuria are presented. Part 1 addresses the problem of hematuria in the child, and part 2, which will appear next week, deals with hematuria in the adult and hematuria secondary to trauma.

HEMATURIA IN THE CHILD

In children, the laboratory investigation of hematuria begins with a urinalysis and urine culture. Further evaluation depends on the results of these tests. If the child has hematuria . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Dr Brewer) and Surgery, Division of Urology (Dr Benson), the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Room 6018 MSMB, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Brewer).

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