RT Book, Section
A1 Porten, Sima P.
A1 Greene, Kirsten L.
A2 McAninch, Jack W.
A2 Lue, Tom F.
SR Print(0)
ID 56940775
T1 Chapter 5. Urologic Laboratory Examination
T2 Smith & Tanagho's General Urology, 18e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162497-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56940775
RD 2024/04/18
AB Examination  of  specimens  of  urine,  blood,  and  genitourinary  secretions  or  exudates  commonly  directs  the  subsequent  urologic  workup  and  frequently  establishes  a  diagnosis.  Since  approximately  20%  of  patients  who  visit  a  primary  physician's  office  have  a  urologic  problem,  it  is  important  for  the  physician  to  have  a  broad  knowledge  of  the  laboratory  methods  available  to  test  appropriate  specimens.  Judicious  use  of  such  tests  permits  rapid,  accurate,  and  cost-effective  determination  of  the  probable  diagnosis  and  directs  the  management  of  patients  with  urologic  disease.