Hematuria is common; whether gross or microscopic, it is incumbent on emergency providers to consider life-threatening and benign processes when evaluating these patients. Most of the workup is driven by a focused history and physical, including laboratory studies and diagnostic imaging. The cause ...
An algorithmic approach to hematuria and proteinuria is also presented.EdgarV.LermaSDOSPrimary Care: Clinics in Office Practice Edgar,V.,Lerma - 《Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice》 被引量: 49发表: 2008年 Approach to the patient with renal disease An algorithmic approach to hematuria and ...
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The presence of urethritis in a uveitic patient with joint pain can give a clue to the diagnosis of reactive arthritis (previously called Reiter’s Syndrome). Also, circinate balanitis is a common feature of reactive arthritis. Circinate balanitis is a form of skin inflammation where the skin...
The goals of the workup in patients with suspected eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) are to confirm eosinophilia; determine antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) status; exclude other eosinophilic and vasculitic disorders; and assess for involvement of organs— particularly the heart...
BloodPAC (https://www.bloodpac.org/) is an American initiative to accelerate the development, validation, and clinical use of liquid biopsy assays in order to better inform medical decisions so that patient outcomes can be improved. They have developed a collaborative infrastructure that allows for...
Classification systems of disease states are created to help stratify disease to help guide clinical evaluation and treatment and provide insights into prognosis. Glomerulonephritis is a term used to broadly characterize kidney diseases that occur as a r
When assessing a patient with lower urinary tract disease, the signalment may be very helpful in narrowing the list of possible etiologies. For example, younger cats are more likely to have idiopathic lower urinary tract disease, while this disease occurs much less commonly in cats greater than ...
These are the two most important factors used for patient management. In addition to direct stone visualization, there are many secondary CT signs of ureteral obstruction that are direct manifestations of the underlying pathophysiology. On the other hand, when obstruction is absent, CT can diagnose ...
The older, toxic-appearing patient frequently is diabetic or is immunocompromised. They may be at risk for emphysematous pyelonephritis. Radiographic studies (eg, kidney, ureters, bladder [KUB] should be conducted to exclude this diagnosis that cannot be missed. Next: Urine Studies What to Read ...