The Use of Ultrasonography in Evaluating Adults with Febrile Urinary Tract Infection

Renal Failure

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 981-987

  Wang, I Kuan ^a   Chang, Feng Rong ^a   Yang, Bor Yau ^a   Lin, Chun Liang ^a   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Ultrasonography; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0344394266     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120026033     Document Type: Article

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