Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

SAGETRACK

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
0009922808319962v1
47/9/861    most recent
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Shah, L.
Right arrow Articles by Patamasucon, P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Shah, L.
Right arrow Articles by Patamasucon, P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Adherence to AAP Practice Guidelines for Urinary Tract Infections at Our Teaching Institution

Lopa Shah, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada

Nandini Mandlik, DO

Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada

Payal Kumar, MD

8450 Alta Dr No 115, Las Vegas, NV 89145, pkumar80{at}hotmail.com

Serjun Andaya, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada

Pisespong Patamasucon, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada

Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children is a common diagnosis in general pediatric practice. Because of the potential severity and proven morbidity of such infections, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) developed guidelines to better direct clinicians in the workup. This retrospective study sought to evaluate the uniformity of adherence to these guidelines at our teaching institution. A total of 104 charts were reviewed, and data were collected based on the parameters outlined by the AAP. It is found that at the authors' teaching institution, there is at least 70% adherence to the recommendations for method of urine collection and 97% adherence to performance of urinalysis. However, imaging workup, which may be the most important follow-up of a first-time UTI, has only a 61% adherence rate.

Key Words: urinary tract infection • adherence • fever

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 9, 861-864 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808319962
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am. J. Roentgenol.Home page
R. Lim
Vesicoureteral Reflux and Urinary Tract Infection: Evolving Practices and Current Controversies in Pediatric Imaging
Am. J. Roentgenol., May 1, 2009; 192(5): 1197 - 1208.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]