urinalysis urine lab test New findings suggest that individuals with prolonged hematuria should be monitored. Microscopic hematuria, especially if it persists, is associated with an increased risk for ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Signs and symptoms of IgA nephropathy vary among individuals and may not manifest ...

The presence of microscopic levels of blood in the urine is unreliable as an indicator for renal or bladder cancer, report researchers. "An extremely small proportion of patients with microscopic ...

Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria is an unreliable predictor of urothelial or renal malignancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 2630 patients. The study was published online January 9, 2013 ...

Data, recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease (AJKD), from a large South Korean cohort show a five-fold increased risk of incident CKD for adults with persistent hematuria ...

Ronald K. Loo, MD Urologist Ronald K. Loo, MD, of Southern California Permanente Medical Group and colleagues created and validated a Hematuria Risk Index. After finding that American Urological ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways IgA nephropathy is diagnosed through a combination of clinical ...

Recurrent hematuria, unaccompanied by obvious renal disease or urinary-tract lesions, was associated with microscopic glomerular disease in 21 of 31 patients. On bright-field microscopy, segmental ...

Mr. A, a 30-year-old man, is turned down for life insurance because of the presence of an unspecified amount of proteinuria. His past medical history is unremarkable, and he is not taking any ...