Evaluation of Hematuria in a Large Public Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hematuria is the most common presenting symptom in bladder cancer, but many patients are not adequately evaluated.

Objectives

To evaluate the type and frequency of hematuria evaluation in a large public health care system.

Patients and methods

Electronic medical records of adult patients with urinalysis positive for hematuria (≥3 RBCs/HPF) from January 2015 to April 2018 in an outpatient setting were reviewed. Logistic regression was performed to determine factors associated with urology referral and complete evaluation.

Results

11,422 patients met the inclusion criteria; the majority were females (72%) and white race (60%). There were an additional 3,221 patient's with initial diagnosis of UTI. Median age was 49.0 years. Testing included repeat urin

SUBMITTER: Ghandour R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6953989 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature