Approach to a patient with hematuria
Hematuria means blood in urine. It may be Gross or microscopic hematuria. Gross hematuria is seen by naked eyes while microscopic hematuria needs a microscope. Hematuria is defined as the presence of at least 5 red blood cells per microliter of urine. The prevalence of microscopic hematuria among school-aged children ranges from 0.5% to 2.0%.…
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