Abstract
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infectious disease in children. Traditionally UTI has been considered as a marker of underlying anatomical or functional urological abnormalities. In the last decades all children with febrile UTI were recommended to undergo imagenological studies looking for renal scarring or urinary tract abnormalities. The goal of this article it is to update the concepts of febrile UTI studies, treatments and follow-up. The imagenological studies are unpleasant for children and distressing for their parents. Current data do not provide enough evidence about the effectiveness of broad studies in UTI, therefore physicians should be more selective in order to find out patients who requiere surgical or medical intervention. These recommendations are based on NICE guidelines and support the concept that one of the most important issues to avoid renal damage is a prompt diagnosis and effective treatment.Los contenidos publicados en esta revista están protegidos bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0). Esto significa que cualquier persona es libre de compartir, usar y construir a partir de este artículo, incluso con fines comerciales, siempre que se otorgue el crédito apropiado al autor original, se proporcione un enlace a la licencia, se indique el nombre y edición de la Revista.
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