A scoring system for predicting downgrading and resolution of high-grade infant vesicoureteral reflux.

Aim: Aim of the study was to provide a scoring system for predicting downgrading and resolution of infantile high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).

Methods: Eighty-nine infants (65 boys) with high-grade VUR (grade 4-5) diagnosed at median age 2.5 months and followed to 39 months had repeated investigations of VUR grade, renal damage/function and bladder function.

Diffusion weighted imaging is a promising method to detect acute pyelonephritis in non-sedated free breathing infants.

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common disease in infants. The initial evaluation includes imaging to identify risk factors for permanent renal damage, such as malformation and renal parenchymal involvement of the infection i.e.

Changes in differential renal function after pyeloplasty in infants and children.

Introduction: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is one of the most common causes of hydronephrosis in pediatric populations. Many need surgical intervention. The aim of surgery is preserving renal function and reducing symptoms such as urinary tract infections and pain.

Renal swelling indicates renal damage in infants with their first urinary tract infection.

Aim: We used ultrasound to evaluate renal swelling as a predictor of acute and permanent renal damage in infants with their first urinary tract infection (UTI).

Methods: The cohort at the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, comprised 101 infants with their first UTI at a mean age of 3.9 ± 3.

Urinary tract infection in small children: the evolution of renal damage over time.

Background: Our objective was to analyze the evolution of kidney damage over time in small children with urinary tract infection (UTI) and factors associated with progression of renal damage.

Methods: From a cohort of 1003 children <2 years of age with first-time UTI, a retrospective analysis of 103 children was done. Children were selected because of renal damage at index Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy at least 3 months after UTI, and a late DMSA scan was performed after at least 2 years.