Impact of a more restrictive approach to urinary tract imaging after febrile urinary tract infection

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Schroeder, Alan R ^a   Abidari, Jennifer M ^a   Kirpekar, Rashmi ^a   Hamilton, John R ^a   Kang, Young S ^a   Tran, VyThao ^a   Harris, Stephen J ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROGRAPHY; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 80755148773     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.178     Document Type: Article

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