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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2015

Prevalence of upper urinary tract anomalies in hospitalized premature infants with urinary tract infection.

A Vachharajani, G J Vricella, T Najaf, D E Coplen

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Urinary tract infections in very premature neonates: the definition dilemma.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024
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  5. Do infants in the neonatal intensive care unit diagnosed with urinary tract infection need a routine voiding cystourethrogram?The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2019
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A VachharajaniDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
G J VricellaDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
T NajafDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
D E CoplenDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines address imaging after initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants >2 months of age. We sought to determine the frequency of upper urinary tract anomalies (hydronephrosis and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)) in hospitalized premature infants with UTI. STUDY

designWe retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions at a tertiary care children's hospital between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010. We queried the records for UTI, renal ultrasound (US) and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG).

resultWe identified 3518 unique admissions. UTI occurred in 118 infants (3%). Sixty-nine (60%) had a normal US. Renal dilation was predominantly renal pelvic dilation (12%) and isolated caliectasis (22%). VUR was identified in 15 (14%) infants evaluated with a VCUG. VUR was identified in nine (12%) infants without and in seven (16%) with an abnormality on US. Reflux was identified in 7% of male and 38% of female infants with a UTI.

conclusionAnatomic abnormalities of the upper urinary tract are uncommon in premature infants with a UTI that occurs during neonatal hospitalization. In concordance with the AAP guidelines, a VCUG may not be required in all NICU infants under age 2 months after a single UTI.

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Infant, PrematureElectronic Health RecordsFemaleHumansHydronephrosisInfantInfant, NewbornMalePractice Guidelines as TopicRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care CentersUltrasonographyUrinary TractUrinary Tract InfectionsUrographyVesico-Ureteral Reflux

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