A questionnaire related to cortical scintigraphy in children with urinary tract infection was
submitted to 30 experts. A wide consensus was reached on several issues related to planar …

Background Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend obtaining a
voiding cystourethrogram and a renal ultrasonogram for young children after a first urinary …

Background. The standard recommendation for treatment of young, febrile children with
urinary tract infection has been hospitalization for intravenous antimicrobials. The availability …

Purpose: We evaluated the difference in the febrile urinary tract infection rate in small
children with dilating vesicoureteral reflux randomly allocated to 3 management alternatives …

Background The general belief about the relation between risk of renal sequelae after
pyelonephritis and age is that infants are at highest risk and children older than 5 years at …

Children with urinary tract infection should be investigated and followed up, as those with
pyelonephritis may develop renal scarring. In this review, after discussing the advantages …

Objective To determine whether the absence of pyuria on the enhanced urinalysis can be
used to eliminate the diagnosis of urinary tract infection, avoiding the need for urine culture …

Background: Childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) with or without vesicoureteric reflux
(VUR) may predispose to renal scarring. There is no clear consensus in the literature …

Aim This study evaluated the controversial relationship between the duration of fever before
treatment initiation (FBT) for a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), with renal scarring based …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a normal technetium-99m–labeled dimercaptosuccinic
acid (DMSA) renal scan obviates the need for voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) in …