Screening Young Children with a First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection for High-grade Vesicoureteral Reflux with Renal Ultrasound Scanning and Technetium-99m-labeled Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scanning

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-802

  Lee, Ming Dar ^a   Lin, Chun Chen ^a,b   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a,c   Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^d   Huang, Chang Ting ^a   Tsai, Jeng Daw ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; INFANT; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROGRAPHY; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 65549088906     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.045     Document Type: Article

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