Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidneys that affects up to 2 percent of pregnant women. In most cases, the infection first develops in the lower urinary tract. If it’s not ...

I often find myself under- or overestimating the incidence of certain nephrology-related conditions. I know this "error" is, in part, due to an "exposure bias" in my practice. I tend to overestimate ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

It has been difficult to devise a practical clinical approach to reliably separate simple urinary tract infections (UTIs) from UTIs that also involve the kidneys (acute pyelonephritis). The gold ...

The urinary system is the drainage system of the human body for removing waste and extra water. It consists of the two kidneys, two ureters (which connect the kidneys and the bladder), a bladder and a ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation in the kidneys. This is an unexpected and serious kidney infection in which the urinary tract infection travels from the bladder ...

An expert briefly describes the study “Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Systemic Antibiotics for Treatment of Acute Pyelonephritis in Adults: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, ...

THE clinical diagnosis of pyelonephritis is frequently overlooked, and the disparity between the clinical and post-mortem findings in this infection has been emphasized repeatedly. 1–4 The failure of ...

To assess the diagnostic value of serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) in adult patients with Acute Pyelonephritis. A total of 132 participants divided into two groups as 66 ...

Pyelonephritis was suspected as the underlying cause of CKD in 6 of 22 cases. Pyelonephritis is an underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with orthotopic ileal neobladder ...

The objective of our study was to evaluate the performance of renal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) against the 99m-labeled dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan and computed tomography (CT) in ...