| Title |
Prediction of High-Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux after Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection: External Validation Study of Procalcitonin-Based Decision Rule
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029556 |
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| Authors |
Sandrine Leroy, François Bouissou, Anna Fernandez-Lopez, Metin K. Gurgoze, Kyriaki Karavanaki, Tim Ulinski, Silvia Bressan, Geogios Vaos, Pierre Leblond, Yvon Coulais, Carlos Luaces Cubells, A. Denizmen Aygun, Constantinos J. Stefanidis, Albert Bensman, Liviana DaDalt, Stefanos Gardikis, Sandra Bigot, Dominique Gendrel, Gérard Bréart, Martin Chalumeau |
| Abstract |
Predicting vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR) ≥3 at the time of the first urinary tract infection (UTI) would make it possible to restrict cystography to high-risk children. We previously derived the following clinical decision rule for that purpose: cystography should be performed in cases with ureteral dilation and a serum procalcitonin level ≥0.17 ng/mL, or without ureteral dilatation when the serum procalcitonin level ≥0.63 ng/mL. The rule yielded a 86% sensitivity with a 46% specificity. We aimed to test its reproducibility. |
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