Acute pyelonephritis and renal abscesses in adults-correlating clinical parameters with radiological (computer tomography) severity

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 407-413

  Lim, Sey Kiat ^a   Ng, Foo Cheong ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer topography (CT); Pyelonephritis; Renal abscess; Severity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METFORMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BACTEREMIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 80054099679     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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