ACR appropriateness criteria® urinary tract infection—child

BK Karmazyn, AL Alazraki, SA Anupindi… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in young children and may cause pyelonephritis and
renal scarring. Long-term complications from renal scarring are low. The role of imaging is to …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and pyelonephritis: a narrative review

A Boccatonda, R Stupia, C Serra - World Journal of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a bacterial infection resulting in kidney inflammation, typically
arising as a complication of an ascending urinary tract infection that ascends from the …

Diagnostic significance of clinical and laboratory findings to localize site of urinary infection

EH Garin, F Olavarria, C Araya, M Broussain… - Pediatric …, 2007 - Springer
The aim of this study was to define in children younger than 2 years of age the diagnostic
significance of clinical and laboratory findings to localize site of febrile urinary tract infection …

Acute pyelonephritis: comparison of diagnosis with computed tomography and contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography

M Mitterberger, GM Pinggera, D Colleselli… - BJU …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To assess the value of contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography (US) with the
contrast pulse‐sequence (CPS) technique for detecting renal parenchymal changes in acute …

Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for acute pyelonephritis in children

HJ Jung, MH Choi, KS Pai, HG Kim - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The objective of our study was to evaluate the performance of renal contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) against the 99m-labeled dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan and …

Diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in kidney transplant patients

A Granata, S Andrulli, F Fiorini, A Basile… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Diagnostic imaging of acute pyelonephritis (APN) in renal transplanted patients
is an important clinical issue. While conventional ultrasonography (US) has a limited …

Assessment of renal perfusion with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: Preliminary results in early diabetic nephropathies

Y Dong, WP Wang, P Lin, P Fan… - Clinical hemorheology …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
OBJECTIVE: We performed a prospective study to evaluate the value of contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) in quantitative evaluation of renal cortex perfusion in patients suspected …

An update on pyelonephritis: Role of contrast enhancement ultrasound (CEUS)

C Rinaldo, D Grimaldi, M Di Serafino, F Iacobellis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a bacterial infection causing inflammation of the kidneys.
Diagnosis is usually based on clinical and laboratory findings. Imaging is required if a …

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Urinary Tract Infection-Child: 2023 Update

T Chandra, M Bajaj, RS Iyer, SS Chan… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a frequent infection in childhood. The diagnosis is usually
made by history and physical examination and confirmed by urine analysis. Cystitis is …

Doppler ultrasonography as a predictive tool for permanent kidney damage following acute pyelonephritis comparison with dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy

H Mohammadjafari, A Aalaee, E Salehifar, A Shiri… - 2011 - sid.ir
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate power DOPPLER
ULTRASONOGRAPHY for diagnosis and prediction of scarring compared with …