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Renal Ultrasound and Voiding Cystourethrogram Utilization in Hospitalized Infants with First Febrile Uti: Baseline Data from an Aap Quiin Vip Quality Improvement Initiative

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The 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) UTI Clinical Practice Guideline recommends a renal ultrasound (RUS) for patients meeting guideline criteria but voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs) only be performed when RUS… Click to show full abstract

The 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) UTI Clinical Practice Guideline recommends a renal ultrasound (RUS) for patients meeting guideline criteria but voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs) only be performed when RUS is abnormal. Scarce quality improvement work is published in this area since release of the guideline. The Value in Inpatient Pediatrics (VIP) network, of the AAP’s Quality Improvement Innovations Networks (QuIIN), designed the Quality Improvement for the Management of Children Hospitalized with …

Keywords: quality; ultrasound voiding; quality improvement; voiding cystourethrogram; renal ultrasound

Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018

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