The justification for early radiological investigations of urinary-tract infection in children.
Lancet, 1975/8/30;2(7931):403-4.
Saxena SR, Laurance BM, Shaw DG
PMID: 51203
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Abstract
97 children, 67 girls aged 0-13 years and 30 boys aged 0-11 years, with apparent first urinary-tract infections were investigated radiologically. The intravenous pyelogram was abnormal in 15.5% of the girls and 33% of the boys and the micturating cystourethrogram was abnormal in 34% of the girls and 39% of the boys. When both examinations were combined the abnormality-rate rose to 41% in the two sexes. Accordingly, radiological investigation of the renal tract is recommended after the first proven urinary tract infection.
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Adolescent; Age Factors; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Kidney Pelvis; Male; Pyelonephritis; Sex Factors; Ureter; Urethra; Urinary Bladder; Urinary Tract Infections; Urography; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
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