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==Diagnostic criteria== | ==Diagnostic criteria== | ||
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* 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 (UTI)|urinary tract infection]] such as [[dysuria]], [[Urinary urgency|urgency]], frequency. | |||
* [[Ultrasound]] can be used in the emergency setting and can rapidly establish or exclude the diagnosis of pyonephrosis.<ref name="pmid29881590">{{cite journal| author=Kamboj M, Lee Loy J, Koratala A| title=Renal ultrasonography: a reliable diagnostic tool for pyonephrosis. | journal=Clin Case Rep | year= 2018 | volume= 6 | issue= 6 | pages= 1176-1178 | pmid=29881590 | doi=10.1002/ccr3.1512 | pmc=5985999 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29881590 }} </ref><ref name="pmid6601449">{{cite journal| author=Subramanyam BR, Raghavendra BN, Bosniak MA, Lefleur RS, Rosen RJ, Horii SC| title=Sonography of pyonephrosis: a prospective study. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1983 | volume= 140 | issue= 5 | pages= 991-3 | pmid=6601449 | doi=10.2214/ajr.140.5.991 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6601449 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.