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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