Should the upper tracts be imaged for microscopic haematuria?

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Feldstein, Murray S ^a   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Gillett, Michael D ^b   Novicki, Donald E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Haematuria; Kidney neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC HEMATURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URETER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 24044434597     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05694.x     Document Type: Article

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