Description

The National Insitute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of the British National Health Service have given criteria for a recurrent urinary tract infection in a pediatric patient.


 

Patient selection: pediatric patient with urinary tract infection

 

Types of urinary tract infection:

(1) acute pyelonephritis OR upper urinary tract infection

(2) cystitis OR lower urinary tract infection

Upper UTI

Lower UTI

Diagnosis

>= 1

>= 1

recurrent

>= 2

NA

recurrent

NA

>= 3

recurrent

1

0

not recurrent

0

<=2

not recurrent

 


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