2025
Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months.
Hunt K, Green R, Sartori L, Aronson P, Chamberlain J, Florin T, Michelson K, Monuteaux M, Chaudhari P, Nigrovic L. Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months. 2025, 155 PMID: 40122108, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-068671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of urinary tract infectionUrinary tract infectionUrine WBC countUrine dipstickUrine cultureAged 2 to 6Receiver operating characteristicWhite blood cellsTract infectionsColony-forming unitsUrine white blood cellsWBC countCatheterized urine culturePositive urine dipstickInitial treatment decisionsAccurate diagnostic testCross-sectional studyBacterial uropathogensFebrile infantsLaboratory urinalysisTreatment decisionsDiagnostic testsEmergency departmentUrinalysisUrine
2015
Association of clinical practice guidelines with emergency department management of febrile infants ≤56 days of age
Aronson PL, Thurm C, Williams DJ, Nigrovic LE, Alpern ER, Tieder JS, Shah SS, McCulloh RJ, Balamuth F, Schondelmeyer AC, Alessandrini EA, Browning WL, Myers AL, Neuman MI, Collaborative F. Association of clinical practice guidelines with emergency department management of febrile infants ≤56 days of age. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 358-365. PMID: 25684689, PMCID: PMC4456211, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBlood Chemical AnalysisCeftriaxoneCerebrospinal FluidCost ControlCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFeverGuideline AdherenceHealth Care SurveysHealth Information SystemsHospitals, PediatricHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPractice Guidelines as TopicRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesUrinalysisConceptsClinical practice guidelinesCeftriaxone useCPG recommendationsInfants 29CSF testingHealthcare costsED dischargeFebrile infantsPractice guidelinesInstitutional clinical practice guidelinePediatric Health Information SystemRetrospective cross-sectional studyCerebrospinal fluid testingEmergency department managementCross-sectional studyLower healthcare costsRate of urineDiagnosis of feverDays of ageED visitsPractice variationDepartment managementAge groupsHealth information systemsFluid testing
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