- False Pos:
- Anticoagulation
- Myoglobinuria
- Bleeding diathesis
- Hemoglobinuria
- Entero-vesical fistula
- Porphyria
- HbS
- GU neoplasm
- Vigorous Exercise
- Polycystic kidney
- Renal Infarction
- Trauma
- Renal Vein Thrombosis
- Infection
- Transfusion RXN
- Stones
- Burns;
- Prostatic hypertophy
- Intersitial Nephritis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Discussion:
- If DipStick is Positive for Blood, but no Cells:
- Free Hemoglobin from Trauma
- Transfusion RXN
- Lysis of RBCs (RBC will Lyse if the pH is <5 or >8,
- Myoglobin present because of a Crush Injury, Burn, Tissue Ischemia;
- only 8.8 % of pts have more than 10 red cells per high-power field
Haematuria after blunt trauma: the role of pyelography.
- Diff Dx: