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Table 3 Data on microhematuria in patients presenting with confirmed urolithiasis at the emergency department

From: Prevalence of microhematuria in renal colic and urolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Microhematuria test

No. patients with microhematuria

Microhematuria prevalence

Diagnostic test for urolithiasis

Kim et al. [13]

Urinalysis

750

750/798 (94%)

Unenhanced MDCT

Desai et al. [14]

Urinalysis

231

231/282 (81.9%)

Non-contrast CT

Türk et al. [15]

Urinalysis

344

344/388 (88.7%)

Non-contrast complete abdominal CT

Shrestha et al. [16]

Urinalysis

27

27/61 (44.3%)

Renal US

Odoemene et al. [17]a

Urinalysis

62

62/69 (89.9%)

Abdominal US, IVU, CT

Mefford et al. [18]

Urinalysis

321

321/393 (81.7%)

Non-contrast abdominal or pelvic CT

Rapp et al. [19]a

Urinalysis

177

177/222 (79.7%)

Non-contrast CT

Fukuhara et al. [22]a

Urinalysis or urine dipstick

323

323/358 (90.2%)

Plain abdominal X-ray, helical contrast enhanced or non-contrast CT

Dorfman et al. [23]

Urinalysis

254

245/339 (74.9%)

Abdominal CT

Hall et al. [26]a

Urine dipstick

193

193/233 (82.8)

Non-enhanced CT

Zwank et al. [27]

Urinalysis

52

52/62 (83.9)

CT

Abdel-Gawad et al. [28]

Urinalysis

835

835/939 (88.9)

Color doppler or gray-scale US, abdomen X-ray, helical CT

Inci et al. [7]

Urinalysis

46

46/83 (55.4)

Unenhanced MDCT

Lallas et al. [29]

Urinalysis

18

18/32 (56.3)

US, Abdomen X-ray, IVU, CT

 

Urine dipstick

21

21/32 (65.6)

 

Xafis et al. [31]

Urinalysis

341

341/507 (67.3)

Unenhanced MDCT

Kartal et al. [35]

Urinalysis

121

121/176 (68.8)

IVU, US, spiral CT, stone passage

Gaspari and Horst [37]

Urinalysis

54

54/58 (93.1)

US, CT

Argyropoulos et al. [8]

Urine dipstick

539

539/564 (95.6)

Abdomen X-ray, US

Unal et al. [38]

Urinalysis

92

92/114 (80.7)

US, excretory urography, non-enhanced helical CT

Tack et al. [39]

Urinalysis or Urine dipstick

37

37/38 (97.4)

Excretory urography, non-enhanced helical MDCT

Kobayashi et al. [40]

Urine dipstick

346

346/452 (76.5)

Abdomen X-ray, US, CT

 

Urinalysis

317

317/452 (70.1)

 

Eray et al. [41]

Urinalysis

37

37/54 (68.5)

Abdomen X-ray, spiral CT, stone passage

Luchs et al. 42[]

Urinalysis

492

492/587 (83.8)

CT, stone passage

Hamm et al. [43]

Urinalysis

53

53/80 (66.3)

Unenhanced low dose elical CT

Li et al. [44]

Urinalysis or Urine dipstick

360

360/397 (90.7)

CT, IVP

Hamm et al. [45]

Urinalysis

76

76/91 (83.5)

Helical CT

Richards and Christman [46]

Urinalysis

88

88/98 (89.8)

IVU

Bove et al. [47]

Urine dipstick

70

70/87 (80.5)

CT

 

Urinalysis

77

77/95 (81.1)

 
 

Urinalysis or Urine dipstick

82

82/95 (86.3)

 

Ooi et al. [9]

Urine dipstick

62

62/65 (95.4)

Abdomen X-ray, IVU

 

Urinalysis

46

46/65 (70.8)

 

Ghali et al. [48]

Urinalysis

64

64/82 (78)

Abdomen X-ray, IVU, US

Gimondo et al. [50]a

Urine dipstick

29

29/29 (100)

US

Boyd and Gray [51]

Urine dipstick

29

29/29 (100)

Abdomen X-ray, IVU

Press and Smith [52]

Urinalysis

78

78/109 (71.6)

IVU

Stewart et al. [55]

Urinalysis

132

132/160 (82.5)

IVP

Freeland [56]

Urine dipstick

72

72/76 (94.7)

IVU or stone passage

Dunn et al. [57]

Urinalysis

62

62/76 (81.6)

IVU or stone passage

Bishop [58]

Urine dipstick

33

33/35 (94.3)

IVU

  1. Abbreviations (alphabetical order): CT computed tomography, HFU High-power field, IVU Intravenous Urography, MDCT multidetector CT, NR not reported, RBC Red Blood Cell, SD standard deviation, US ultrasound
  2. aThis study included also patients with gross hematuria