Haematuria

Question 1

what is haematuria?

Answer 1

blood in urine

Question 2

what amount of blood in urine makes it haematuria?

Answer 2

1ml of blood in 1000ml urine

Question 3

what are the two types of haematuria?

Answer 3

visible

non visible

Question 4

what is visible haematuria?

Answer 4

haematuria that can be seen by the patient

Question 5

what is another name for non visible haematuria?

Answer 5

microscopic haematuria

Question 6

what is non visible haematuria?

Answer 6

haematuria that is picked up on urinalysis and was not seen

Question 7

what are the two types of non visible haematuria?

Answer 7

symptomatic

asymptomatic

Question 8

what is the definition of non visible haematuria?

Answer 8

three+ RBC’s per field on microscopy of urinary sediment from 2/3 urinalysis specimens

Question 9

what is LUTS?

Answer 9

lower urinary tract symptoms

Question 10

what patients with visible haematuria need referral?

Answer 10

all

Question 11

what patients with symptomatic non visible haematuria need referral?

Answer 11

all

Question 12

what patients with asymptomatic non visible haematuria need referred?

Answer 12

only those over 40