Practice Guidelines for Imaging Studies in Children After the First Urinary Tract Infection

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 325-328

  Venhola, Mika ^a   Huttunen, Niilo Pekka ^a   Renko, Marjo ^a   Pokka, Tytti ^a   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; kidney; standards; urinary tract infections; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77953123900     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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