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  2. Assessment of kidney function - Wikipedia

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    Hematuria may be caused by glomerular disease or by a disease along the urinary tract. [citation needed] The most relevant assessments in a renal ultrasound are renal sizes, echogenicity and any signs of hydronephrosis. Renal enlargement usually indicates diabetic nephropathy, focal segmental glomerular sclerosis or myeloma. Renal atrophy ...

  3. Hematuria - Wikipedia

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    The evaluation of hematuria is dependent upon the visibility of the blood in the urine (i.e. visible/gross vs microscopic hematuria). [6] Visible hematuria must be investigated, as it may be due to a pathological cause. [1] [6] In those with visible hematuria, urological cancer (most frequently bladder or kidney cancer) is discovered in 20–25 ...

  4. Microhematuria - Wikipedia

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    Microhematuria, also called microscopic hematuria (both usually abbreviated as MH), is a medical condition in which urine contains small amounts of blood; the blood quantity is too low to change the color of the urine (otherwise, it is known as gross hematuria).

  5. Urine test - Wikipedia

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    Urinalysis — assessment of the visual properties of the urine, chemical evaluation using urine test strips, and microscopic examination [13] Urine creatinine, creatinine clearance — used to assess kidney function [14] Albumin/creatinine ratio — used to diagnose microalbuminuria [15] Urine osmolality — measure of the solute concentration ...

  6. Urine test strip - Wikipedia

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    Microphotograph of a macroscopic hematuria, the biconcave form of the red blood cells is clearly visible, it is rare to find examples in such a well conserved condition. The presence of blood in the urine is, of all the parameters normally tested, the one that is most closely related with traumatic damage to the kidneys or the genitourinary tract.

  7. Urinalysis - Wikipedia

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    Urinalysis, a portmanteau of the words urine and analysis, [1] is a panel of medical tests that includes physical (macroscopic) examination of the urine, chemical evaluation using urine test strips, and microscopic examination.

  8. Gross processing - Wikipedia

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    Gross examination of a kidney (right of image) with a renal oncocytoma (left of image). Gross processing, "grossing" or " gross pathology " is the process by which pathology specimens undergo examination with the bare eye to obtain diagnostic information, as well as cutting and tissue sampling in order to prepare material for subsequent ...

  9. Loin pain hematuria syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Loin pain-hematuria syndrome (LPHS) is a poorly defined disorder characterized by recurrent or persistent loin (flank) pain and hematuria that appears to represent glomerular bleeding. Most patients present with both manifestations, but some present with loin pain or hematuria alone.