Ordering of renal tract imaging by paediatricians after urinary tract infection

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Williams, Gabrielle ^a,b   Sureshkumar, Premala ^a   Chan, Siew F ^b   Macaskill, Petra ^b   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan; Micturating cystourethrogram; Practice pattern; Renal parenchymal damage; Ultrasound; Vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34147111770     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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