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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Harsh Vardhan Chawla, M.B.B.S.[2]

Diagnostic criteria

  • There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of pyonephrosis.
  • Pyonephrosis should be suspected if the patient develops fever, chills, flank pain or back pain in addition to symptoms of urinary tract infection such as dysuria, urgency, frequency.
  • Ultrasound can be used in the emergency setting and can rapidly establish or exclude the diagnosis of pyonephrosis.[1][2]

References

  1. Kamboj M, Lee Loy J, Koratala A (2018). "Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis". Clin Case Rep. 6 (6): 1176–1178. doi:10.1002/ccr3.1512. PMC 5985999. PMID 29881590.
  2. Subramanyam BR, Raghavendra BN, Bosniak MA, Lefleur RS, Rosen RJ, Horii SC (1983). "Sonography of pyonephrosis: a prospective study". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 140 (5): 991–3. doi:10.2214/ajr.140.5.991. PMID 6601449.

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