@article{Freitas_Leite_Matos_Rocha_Costa_Faria_Mota_2016, place={Porto, Portugal}, title={Risk factors for renal scarring after first febrile urinary tract infection}, volume={25}, url={https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/8820}, DOI={10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v25.i1.8820}, abstractNote={<p align="justify"><strong>Introduction:</strong> The urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common paediatric infectious diseases and it increases the risk for hypertension and end-stage renal disease. Authors’ aim was to identify risk factors for permanent renal injury after a first febrile urinary tract infection.</p><p align="justify"><strong>Methods:</strong> Retrospective analysis of clinical, laboratorial and imaging data of children aged 1 to 36 months hospitalized between January 2010 and December 2012 with the first febrile UTI, comparing with late renal scintigraphy results.</p><p align="justify"><strong>Results:</strong> Seventy seven children were included - 53% female, median age of 5 months, Escherichia coli identified in 95%. Renal scintigraphy, performed after the acute episode, revealed renal scars in 19.5%. Cystourethrography was done in 21 patients and vesicoureteral reflux identified in 3. There was no statistically difference between children with and without renal scarring regarding gender, age, body temperature, C-reactive protein, plasmatic creatinine level, bacteriuria or urine nitrite test, urine bacteria identified, presence of vesicoureteral reflux or recurrence rate of UTI.</p><p align="justify"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The authors did not detect any clinical, laboratory or imaging data that may predict progression to renal scarring following a first episode of febrile UTI in children between 1 and 36 months.</p>}, number={1}, journal={NASCER E CRESCER - BIRTH AND GROWTH MEDICAL JOURNAL}, author={Freitas, Ana Cristina and Leite, Joana and Matos, Paula and Rocha, Liliana and Costa, Teresa and Faria, Maria Sameiro and Mota, Conceição}, year={2016}, month={Mar.}, pages={11–14} }