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Usefulness of 99mTc Dimercaptosuccinic acid scans after the first episode of urinary tract infection in children admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka. 2016

K G Pathirana, and J Fernando, and N Samarasinghe, and W D Duminda, and D P Ranasinghe, and B Mahesh
Department of Radiology, The Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka. patirana@eureka.lk.

99mTc-DMSA scan is the best investigation to assess renal scarring after urinary tract infection (UTI) in children. The aim of this study was to describe the findings of DMSA scans done six months after the first UTI. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 110 boys and 80 girls selected by systematic sampling. Urine culture was positive in 164 (86.3%) children. There was no statistically significant association between the DMSA scan result and gender, family history of UTI (p=1.00), family history of vesico-ureteric reflux (p=1.00), febrile UTI (p=0.134) and positive urine culture (p=1.00).In 93.7% of children DMSA scan was negative. Hence routinely recommending DMSA scans following UTI must be reconsidered.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005260 Female Females
D006760 Hospitalization The confinement of a patient in a hospital. Hospitalizations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013188 Sri Lanka Country in southern Asia, an island in the Indian Ocean, south of India. The capital is Colombo. Ceylon
D014552 Urinary Tract Infections Inflammatory responses of the epithelium of the URINARY TRACT to microbial invasions. They are often bacterial infections with associated BACTERIURIA and PYURIA. Infection, Urinary Tract,Infections, Urinary Tract,Tract Infection, Urinary,Tract Infections, Urinary,Urinary Tract Infection

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