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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Malcolm Coulthard, Dr Heather Lambert, Dr Sue Vernon, Dr Michael Keir, Professor John MatthewsORCiD
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Objective To test whether active management of urinary tract infections (UTI) in young children by general practitioners can reduce kidney scarring rates. Design A comparison of two audits in Newcastle, of children aged <8 years, presenting with UTIs; a retrospective audit of conventional management during 1992-1995 (1990s) versus a prospective audit of direct access management during 2004-2011 (2000s). Main outcome measures Kidney scarring rates, and their relationship with time-to-treat. Results Children with a first UTI in the 2000s compared to those in the 1990s, were referred younger, were half as likely to have a renal scar (girls OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.76; boys 0.35, 0.16 to 0.81), and were about 12 times more likely to have vesicoureteric reflux without scarring (girls 11.9, 4.3 to 33.5; boys 14.4, 4.3 to 47.6). In the 2000s, general practitioners treated about half the children at first consultation. Children who were treated within 3 days of their symptoms starting were one-third as likely to scar as those whose symptoms lasted longer (0.33, 0.12 to 0.72). Interpretation Most kidney defects seen in children after UTIs, are acquired scars, and in Newcastle, active management in primary care has halved this rate.
Author(s): Coulthard MG, Lambert HJ, Vernon SJ, Hunter EW, Keir MJ, Matthews JNS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Year: 2014
Volume: 99
Issue: 4
Pages: 342-347
Print publication date: 01/04/2014
Online publication date: 18/12/2013
Acceptance date: 01/12/2013
Date deposited: 21/05/2014
ISSN (print): 0003-9888
ISSN (electronic): 1468-2044
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-304428
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304428
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