Will the implementation of the 2007 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) in the UK miss significant urinary tract pathology?

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-458

  Deader, Rafia ^a   Tiboni, Sonia G ^a   Malone, Padraig S J ^a   Fairhurst, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; NICE guidelines; ultrasonography; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETEROCELE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863716554     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10801.x     Document Type: Review

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