002 Evaluation of the Urologic Patient - Testing and Imaging Flashcards
A __ should be obtained in the female patient with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection or suspected contaminated specimen.
A CATHETERIZED URINE SPECIMEN should be obtained in the female patient with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection or suspected contaminated specimen.
Hematuria should be stratified into __, __, __, and __ causes.
Hematuria should be stratified into GLOMERULAR, NONGLOMERULAR, MEDICAL, and SURGICAL causes.
A dipstick alone is adequate/inadequate for the diagnosis of microscopic hematuria.
A dipstick alone is INADEQUATE for the diagnosis of microscopic hematuria.
__ is defined as three or greater RBC/hpf on a properly collected urinary specimen in the absence of an obvious benign cause.
ASYMPTOMATIC MICROSCOPIC HEMATURIA is defined as three or greater RBC/hpf on a properly collected urinary specimen in the absence of an obvious benign cause.
Urine dipstick positive for only leukocyte esterase or nitrites but not both should be confirmed with __ and __.
Urine dipstick positive for only leukocyte esterase or nitrites but not both should be confirmed with MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS and URINE CULTURE.
__ and __ should be ordered when renal obstruction of nephrologic disease is suspected.
SERUM CREATININE and GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE should be ordered when renal obstruction of nephrologic disease is suspected.
__ is a very sensitive test for prostate conditions such as BPH and prostatitis and correlates most often with prostate volume.
PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN is a very sensitive test for prostate conditions such as BPH and prostatitis and correlates most often with prostate volume.
Urine cytology is/is not recommended during the initial evaluation and screening for asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.
Urine cytology IS NOT recommended during the initial evaluation and screening for asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.
Urine cytology is very specific to __.
Urine cytology is very specific to HIGH-GRADE UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA.
__ and __ should be ordered when lower urinary tract obstruction is suspended.
UROFLOWMETRY and ASSESSMENT OF POST-VOID RESIDUAL should be ordered when lower urinary tract obstruction is suspended.
__ provide information on disorders of storage and voiding.
URODYNAMIC STUDIES provide information on disorders of storage and voiding.
Routine use of antimicrobial prophylaxis is/is not recommended for office cystourethroscopy, urodynamics, or cystography in the patient without risk factors.
Routine use of antimicrobial prophylaxis IS NOT recommended for office cystourethroscopy, urodynamics, or cystography in the patient without risk factors.
__ can provide basic screening information on the presence of hydronephrosis and medical renal disease but is not an adequate stand-alone study for the workup of hematuria.
RENAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY can provide basic screening information on the presence of hydronephrosis and medical renal disease but is not an adequate stand-alone study for the workup of hematuria.
__ is the gold standard for detecting urinary stones.
CT WITHOUT CONTRAST OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS is the gold standard for detecting urinary stones.
A __ is a useful and easy test for the follow-up of existing non-emergent radiopaque urinary stones.
A KUB is a useful and easy test for the follow-up of existing non-emergent radiopaque urinary stones.
