Radiological Imaging of Urinary Tract Infection in Malaysian Children ‐A Private Hospital Experience
作者:
HUMAIRAH SAMAD CHEUNG,
期刊:
Australasian Radiology
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 1
页码: 23-26
ISSN:0004-8461
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1673.1992.tb03066.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Childhood urinary tract infection;imaging;vesico‐ureteric reflux
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTThe results of radiological investigations performed on 81 children with urinary tract infection (UTI) were reviewed. Investigations included 91 voiding cys‐tourethrograms (VCU), 59 intravenous urograms (IVU) and 36 ultrasonograms (US). The aim was to study the local spectrum of renal tract abnormalities in childhood UTI and to compare the diagnostic yield of combining US and VCU against IVU and VCU.Renal tract abnormalities were detected in 37%. Vesico‐ureteric reflux (VUR) was the commonest, detected in 26%, with renal scarring found in 9% of refluxing units. Ultrasound should replace IVU in the initial diagnostic work‐up of these chi
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