Dear Editor,The patient had a history of intermittent self-resolving episodes of gross haematuria and was referred to our department for a massive bleeding.At presentation,haemoglobin was 8.6 g/dL and creatinine was 1...
Haematuria is the presence of red blood cells in urine. It is most often caused by urinary tract infections of which Escherichia coli is frequently implicated. Impairment of kidney functions could occur as a result of...
Due to limited resources and experience, rapid diagnostic techniques are advocated in nations with a resource shortage when diagnosing schistosomiasis. We used rapid diagnostic tests to access the prevalence and inten...
Background: Surgical haematuria is not very common but ominous when it occurs. Knowledge of the causes will help in the adequate management of the disease. Aim: To evaluate the causes of surgical haematuria in Port Ha...
Peter Hoskin is supported by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.
The management of metastatic bladder cancer is palliative.Best outcomes are achieved in those who are fit enough for systemic therapies.The place of radiotherapy in these patients is mainly for symptom control,in part...
The Project of Yunnan Provincial Health Department,No.2016NS260.
BACKGROUND Urinary bladder haemangioma is a benign nonurothelial tumour that rarely occurs in paediatric and adolescent patients.Clinical and radiological examinations are not adequate for an accurate diagnosis.The pu...
Background: Dutasteride has been found to reduce chronic prostatic bleeding and when taken 2 - 6 weeks preoperatively reduces bleeding during transurethral prostate resection. The aim of this study is to determine if ...
Renal biopsy was performed for the first time more than one century ago, but its clinical use was routinely introduced in the 1950s. It is still an essential tool for diagnosis and choice of treatment of several prima...
Benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH)is one of the most common conditions experienced by aging males and a frequent cause of bladder outlet obstruction and macroscopic haematuria.Giant prostatic hyperplasia(GPH)is an extr...
Supported by Grants from FIS (Programa Miguel Servet:CP10/00479,PI13/00802 and PI14/00883);Spanish Society of Nephrology to Moreno JA;Institute of Research Queen Sophia,FRIAT and ISCIII fund PI10/00072 to Egido J.
Haematuria was known as a benign hallmark of some glomerular diseases, but over the last decade, new evidences pointed its negative implications on kidneydisease progression. Cytotoxic effects of oxidative stress indu...