Examination of Pyelonephritis In Children with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): a cohort study

Foreest Medical School (Netherlands)0 个研究点目标入组 80 人开始时间: 2011年7月19日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

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•1. Patients from 0 to 18 years, with:
•1.1. Acute pyelonephritis, defined as a urinary tract infection (UTI) with a body temperature above 38 °C
•1.2. Suspicion of acute pyelonephritis, suggested by symptoms of a UTI and flank pain
•2. For young children (under the age of 1 year and in the pre-verbal phase) other clinical symptoms can suggest pyelonephritis. This is bacteriuria with either fever, vomitus, lethargia, anorexia, abdominal pain, pollakisuria or flank pain
•3. Outside the study setting, the patient would have received a dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan
•4. Patients, or a legal representative, must be able to give informed consent, and the consent must be obtained prior to the MR Imaging and DMSA scanning

•1. Previous diagnosis of pyelonephritis
•2. All contra-indications for undergoing MRI
•3. A psychiatric, addictive, or any disorder that compromises the ability to give truly informed consent for participation in this study

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Foreest Medical School (Netherlands)