Screening high-grade vesicoureteral reflux in young infants with a febrile urinary tract infection

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 955-963

  Tsai, Jeng Daw ^a,b   Huang, Chang Ting ^a   Lin, Pei Yi ^c   Chang, Jui Hsing ^a,d   Lee, Ming Dar ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a,b   Shih, Bing Fu ^a   Hung, Han Yang ^a   Hsu, Chyong Hsin ^a   Kao, Hsin An ^a   Lin, Chun Chen ^a,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dimercaptosuccinic acid; Infant; Ultrasound; Urinary tract infections; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SUCCIMER;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE URINARY TRACT INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84863985679     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-012-2104-1     Document Type: Article

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