Hematuria in children

Limited Evaluation of Microscopic Hematuria in Pediatrics

“…icroscopic hematuria is a common finding on urine dipstick examination with a prevalence rate between 1% and 2% for two or more positive samples in children from 6 to 15 years of age. [1][2][3] If hematuria is defined as more than five red blood cells per high-power field on more than two occasions, then microscopic hematuria would be discovered in nearly one million children in the first 2 decades of life. Although there is a long list of causes of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, the vast majority of cases are diagnosed as idiopathic or benign and are not indicative of significant kidney disease.…”

Hematuria Esencial de Origen Glomerular

“…Su origen puede estar en el parenquima renal o en la via excretora denominandolas hematurias medicas o urologicas respectivamente 8 .…”