How do Dutch general practitioners diagnose children's urinary tract infections?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-467

  Harmsen, Mirjam ^a   Wolters, René J ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Family practice; Guidelines; Routine diagnostic tests; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 66249094911     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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