Prediction of hospitalization and blood transfusion requirement in patients with macroscopic hematuria

Aim: It was aimed to find out simple parameters that can be used in the emergency triage and discriminate patients requiring hospitalization or blood transfusion (BT) among those presenting with macroscopic hematuria (MH).
 Material Method: Medical records of department (ED) MH were investigated retrospectively. The patients’ vital signs including pulse rate (PR), systolic pressure (SBP) diastolic pressure, laboratory test results hemoglobin, platelet count international normalized ratio recorded. Shock index (SI) calculated using SBP PR each patient.
 Results: Seventy seven recruited into study. SI found significantly differ between discharged from ED who needed hospitalization. Hospitalized seen have higher values compared ones. BT did not require transfusion.
 Conclusion: Use may helpful while discriminating need MH.