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Acute Pyelonephritis
Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com function. A complicated pyelonephritis is said to be present when it occurs in a patient with a structural or functional abnormality of the genitourinary tract and it leads to increase in the risk of unsuccessful treatment. In the United States there are approximately 250,000 cases of acute pyelonephritis each year, resulting in more than 100,000 ho...
متن کامل[Acute pyelonephritis].
The initial management of pyelonephritis needs to look for complicating factors. Ultrasound and X ray of the abdomen are able to rule out a urinary dilatation or a stone. The treatment is then surgical with renal drainage. Additional investigations such as a CT scan should be performed in patients with complicating factors or recurrence. In uncomplicated pyelonephritis a ambulatory treatment wi...
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The objective of this case report is to describe the first case of renal actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces meyeri presenting as severe emphysematous pyelonephritis and complicated by septic shock and multi-organ failure. Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a potentially life-threatening infection mostly described in diabetic patients and predominantly caused by uropathogenic bacteria. Actinomycos...
متن کاملHeadache attributed to acute pyelonephritis
Objective: This study identified the incidence and risk factors for headache attributed to acute pyelonephritis. Methods: The inclusion criteria were patients who were admitted with acute pyelonephritis at our hospital and ≥ 18 years of age. The following exclusion criteria were used: 1) patients who could not express their headache because of mental deterioration, 2) the presence of meningitis...
متن کاملXanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis presenting with unilateral renal vein thrombosis.
Haematuria in an elderly patient is a common urological complaint. A patient is described in whom xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis presented as unilateral renal vein thrombosis. So far as the author is aware, this is the first report of such an association.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
سال: 1907
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-190701000-00011