ArticlePediatric radiology2015
Characterizing upper urinary tract dilation on ultrasound: a survey of North American pediatric radiologists' practices.
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- 2021 update on the urinary tract dilation (UTD) classification system: clarifications, review of the literature, and practical suggestions.Pediatric radiology · 2022Review
- Postnatal urinary tract dilatation classification: improvement of the accuracy in predicting kidney injury.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Article
- The Usefulness of Urinary Periostin, Cytokeratin-18, and Endoglin for Diagnosing Renal Fibrosis in Children with Congenital Obstructive Nephropathy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- A Retrospective Analysis to Evaluate Role of the New UTD Classification System in Prenatal Prediction of Severity and Postnatal Outcome in Antenatally Diagnosed Urinary Tract Dilatation Abnormalities.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2021Article
- A clinical predictive model of renal injury in children with isolated antenatal hydronephrosis.Clinical kidney journal · 2020Article
- Rater reliability of postnatal urinary tract dilation consensus classification.Pediatric radiology · 2018Article
- Classification of pediatric urinary tract dilation: the new language.Pediatric radiology · 2017Review
- Conversion and reliability of two urological grading systems in infants: the Society for Fetal Urology and the urinary tract dilatation classifications system.Pediatric radiology · 2017Article
- MRI-based reference range for the renal pelvis anterior-posterior diameter in children ages 0-19 years.The British journal of radiology · 2016Article
- Predictive value of specific ultrasound findings when used as a screening test for abnormalities on VCUG.Journal of pediatric urology · 2015Article
- Multidisciplinary consensus on the classification of antenatal and postnatal urinary tract dilation (UTD classification system).Pediatric radiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundRadiologists commonly evaluate children first diagnosed with urinary tract dilation on prenatal ultrasound (US).
objectiveTo establish how North American pediatric radiologists define and report findings of urinary tract dilation on US. MATERIALS AND
methodsA web-based survey was sent to North American members of the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) from January to February 2014. Reporting practices and interpretation of three image-based cases using free text were queried. Responses to close-ended questions were analyzed with descriptive statistics, while free-text responses to the three cases were categorized and analyzed as (1) using either descriptive terminology or an established numerical grading system and (2) as providing a quantitative term for the degree of dilation.
resultsTwo hundred eighty-four pediatric radiologists answered the survey resulting in a response rate of 19.0%. There is a great variety in the terms used to describe urinary tract dilation with 66.2% using descriptive terminology, 35.6% using Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) grading system and 35.9% measuring anterior-posterior diameter (APD) of the renal pelvis. There is no consensus for a normal postnatal APD or the meaning of hydronephrosis. For the same images, descriptions vary widely in degree of severity ranging from normal to mild to severe. Similar variability exists among those using the SFU system. Ninety-seven percent say they believe a unified descriptive system would be helpful and 87.7% would use it if available.
conclusionPediatric radiologists do not have a standardized method for describing urinary tract dilation but have a great desire for such a system and would follow it if available.
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