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Haematuria Flashcards

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How is haematuria diagnosed?

A

Presence of 5 or more RBCs per high power field in 3/3 consecutive centrifuged specimens obtained at least 1 week apart

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How much blood to be visible?

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1ml per 100ml urine

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Red contaimination of urine

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Menstrual
Food (beetroot, blackberries, rhubarb)
Mb (rhabdomyolysis)
Drugs (chloroquine, rifampicin, nitrofurantoin)
Toxins (lead/mercury poisoning)
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Brown contamination of urine

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Urobilinogen - haemolysis, jaundice, liver dysfunction

Porphyria

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2 cancers in kidney

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Renal cell cancer (parenchyma)

Transitional cell caner (collecting system)

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Sport (jogger’s haematuria)

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renal/bladder trauma due to contact sports
vasoconstriction of renal vessels (hypoxic nephron damage)
Young, happens every time they run, goes away in a few days

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Decompression haematuria

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If bladder drained too quickly after urinary retention - breaks BVs

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Fresh red blood vs. dark red blood with clots

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Fresh: new
Dark: old

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Vermiform clots

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Wormlike - narrow diameter of ureter = UUT

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