Urinary Tract Infection in Pediatrics: Clinical Approach and Follow Up

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  • Orlando García del Villar Pediatra Universidad Metropolitana Barranquilla
  • Katherine Barrios Peña Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.34.1.10745

Resumen

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a frequent pathology in the pediatric age, about 5-8% of children under 2 years of age with fever without defined focus have a UTI, it is a frequent infection, and although the most have a good prognosis, it will always be necessary to identify those patients at risk of permanent and progressive kidney damage. UTI has a high incidence during childhood, appearing in about 7% of febrile children under one year of age and is an indicator of anatomical and functional anomalies. Clinical suspicion will always be important in order to reach a rapid diagnosis; in order to perform timely treatments and in this way reduce kidney damage and complications. In this article we make a particular emphasis on the clinical approach and the follow-up that should be done to a patient with this pathology.

Biografía del autor/a

Orlando García del Villar, Pediatra Universidad Metropolitana Barranquilla

Pediatra Universidad Metropolitana Barranquilla

Katherine Barrios Peña, Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla

Médico Especialista en Pediatria, Universidad Metropolitana. Barranquilla (Colombia).

Publicado

2022-02-09

Cómo citar

García del Villar, O., & Barrios Peña, K. (2022). Urinary Tract Infection in Pediatrics: Clinical Approach and Follow Up. Revista Científica Salud Uninorte, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.34.1.10745

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