Diagnostic utility of axial imaging in the evaluation of hematuria: A systematic review and critical appraisal of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing severity of hematuria is instinctively associated with higher likelihood of urological malignancy. However, the robustness of the evidentiary base for this assertion is unclear, particularly as it relates to the likelihood of upper urinary tract pathology. Thus, the value of axial imaging in the diagnostic workup of hematuria is unclear due to differences in the underlying patient populations, raising concern for sampling bias. We performed a systematic review to characterize the literature and association between severity of hematuria and likelihood of upper urinary tract cancer based on axial imaging.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane were systematically searched for all studies reporting on adult patients presenting with hematuria. We used Pref

SUBMITTER: Wallis CJD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864718 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature