NICE Guidelines Cannot Be Recommended for Imaging Studies in Children Younger Than 3 Years with Urinary Tract Infection

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 414-420

  Ristola, Marko Tapani ^a   Hurme, Timo ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

child; NICE guidelines; urinary tract infections; vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEPHROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; BLADDER; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFANT; KIDNEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84942553356     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: 1439359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1384646     Document Type: Article

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