Open AccessAssessment of haematuria: automated urine flowmetry vs microscopy
Author(s) -
Terje Apeland,
Oddvar Mestad,
Øyvind Hetland
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/16.8.1615
Subject(s) - dipstick , medicine , urine , urology , urinary system , urinary sediment , pathology
Microscopy of the urine sediment may be a useful method in the distinction between a glomerular and a non-glomerular source of urinary bleeding. However, microscopic techniques are time consuming and hampered by inter-observer variations. In the present study we have therefore compared bright-field microscopy with automated urine flowmetry (Sysmex UF-100), examining their ability to differentiate between glomerular and non-glomerular haematuria.