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Initial assessment of patients presenting with visible haematuria

Publication details

Mr Basavaraj DR Gowda MS, FRCS (Urol), Dr Dominique Charlotte Netherton
Foundation Years Journal, volume 8, issue 10, p.36 (123Doc Education, London, November 2014)

Abstract

Visible haematuria (VH) is a common presentation in both the primary and secondary care setting. Knowledge of assessing and managing such patients is an essential skill for a foundation doctor, doctors working in Accident and Emergencies (A&Es) and primary care physicians. A case based discussion is presented taking a patient through history, examination, investigations and initial management as well as elaborating on typical haematuria clinic work up later.

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Authors

Mr Basavaraj DR Gowda MS, FRCS (Urol) (Corresponding author)

Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology,
James Cook University Hospital (South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust),
Marton Road, Middlesborough, TS4 3BW
raj.gowda@stees.nhs.uk

Dr Dominique Charlotte Netherton

Foundation Year 1 Trainee, Northern Deanery, Department of Urology,
James Cook University Hospital (South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust),
Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 1JG, UK
dominique.netherton@nhs.net

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