How best to diagnose urinary tract infection in preschool children in primary care?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7829, 2011, Pages

  Hay, Alastair D ^a   Whiting, Penny ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SCAR; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; TEST STRIP; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REAGENT STRIPS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 80055100227     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6316     Document Type: Review

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