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Management of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department (Pharmacology CME)

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  • When deciding whether to test and treat patients for urinary tract infection (UTI), consider risk factors, including sex, age, circumcision status, and duration of fever.
  • Uncircumcised boys aged <12 months are at high risk for UTI.
  • Consider alternative diagnoses to UTI for chief complaints such as dysuria (chemical irritation, foreign body, trauma, epididymitis, vaginitis, sexually transmitted infection, pelvic inflammatory disease), flank pain (nephrolithiasis, retrocecal appendicitis), and urinary incontinence/frequency (bladder and bowel dysfunction, spinal cord compression, diabetes). (See Table 1.)
  • For febrile children aged <12 months, suspected fever source such as bronchiolitis, respiratory syncytial virus or influenza infection, or acute otitis media, cannot reliably rule out a UTI. Urinalysis should still be considered in these children.33
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Authors

Lindsay M. Tishberg, MD, MPH; Matthew P. Kusulas, MD, MSEd

Peer Reviewed By

Julie Furmick, DO; Mark Tabarrok, MD, FAAP

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

CME Expiration Date

January 1, 2027    CME Information

CME Credits

4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 4 ACEP Category I Credits, 4 AAP Prescribed Credits, 4 AOA Category 2-B Credits.
Specialty CME Credits: Included as part of the 4 credits, this CME activity is eligible for 0.5 Pharmacology CME credits, subject to your state and institutional approval.

Pub Med ID: 38085611

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