The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recently published an updated Clinical Practice Guideline and technical report addressing the diagnosis and management of an initial urinary tract ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical practice guidelines were introduced in 1999 by the American Academy of Pediatrics for management of ...

And sedation is out of the question because children have to be alert enough to urinate during the VCUG. "It's abusive, almost," said Linda Shortliffe, MD, professor of urology and the hospital's ...

Diagnosis and management of vesicoureteral reflux requires voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). Children with vesicoureteral reflux, in which urine passes retrogradely from bladder to kidney, are ...

November 7, 2011 — More selective use of urinary tract imaging after febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) does not increase the incidence of recurrence, according to results from a new study. In ...

A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is a fluoroscopic examination of the bladder and urethra while the patient is micturating. It is most often used in the pediatric population to confirm or rule out ...

The 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines address imaging after initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants >2 months of age. We sought to determine the frequency of upper ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers of ten years of scientific studies has resulted in changes in American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for how ...