Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria in Inpatient Nonsurgical Adults.

Objectives: This study sought to determine the proportion of nonsurgical inpatients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria (AMH) who qualified for urologic investigation according to consensus guidelines.

Methods: The study population included all patients acutely admitted to the internal medicine departments of Israeli regional hospitals between 2014 and 2017.

Results: Of 29,086 consecutive admissions, 10,116 (34.

Stop routine microscopic urinalysis in hospitalized patients with dipstick abnormalities?

Background: Restricting the performance of microscopic urinalyses only to patients in whom it was specifically requested has been shown to reduce their number in laboratories servicing both inpatients and outpatients.

Objective: To determine the effect of such restriction solely in in-patients in a 400-bed regional hospital.

Methods: In 2017, we discontinued routine ('reflex') microscopic urinalysis for all positive dipstick results, and restricted such testing to in-patients in whom it was specifically requested by a doctor.