I often find myself under- or overestimating the incidence of certain nephrology-related conditions. I know this "error" is, in part, due to an "exposure bias" in my practice. I tend to overestimate ...

Renal scarring is a serious sequela of pediatric pyelonephritis, and can be detected with the use of TECHNETIUM (TC)-99m DMSA SCINTIGRAPHY. Children aged <5 years are considered more likely to develop ...

To determine the frequency and clinical significance of ultrasonographically detectable alterations in renal volume and anatomy that are associated with acute pyelonephritis, 25 women underwent renal ...

It has been difficult to devise a practical clinical approach to reliably separate simple urinary tract infections (UTIs) from UTIs that also involve the kidneys (acute pyelonephritis). The gold ...

intravenous antibiotics Cefepime-enmetazobactam may be more effective than piperacillin-tazobactam in treating complicated UTI and acute pyelonephritis caused by organisms that produce ...

"The five factors with the highest odds of developing APN included obstructive and reflux uropathy, presentation to an acute care facility, urinary retention, history of UTI, and renal comorbidities.

THE clinical diagnosis of pyelonephritis is frequently overlooked, and the disparity between the clinical and post-mortem findings in this infection has been emphasized repeatedly. 1–4 The failure of ...

Pyelonephritis refers to a lower urinary tract infection (UTI) that has spread to the pelvis of the kidney. The main goals of treating this condition are symptom reduction and infection control. The ...

Tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide is an orally bioavailable carbapenem with activity against uropathogenic Enterobacterales. Oral tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (HBr), a carbapenem, is as effective as ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...