Dustin D Flannery1, Erik Brandsma1, Judy Saslow2, Amy B Mackley3, David A Paul3, Zubair H Aghai4. 1. a Division of Neonatology , The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA , USA. 2. b Division of Neonatology , Cooper University Hospital , Camden , NJ , USA. 3. c Division of Neonatology , Christiana Care Health System , Newark , DE , USA. 4. d Division of Neonatology , Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/Nemours , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if infants diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) require a routine voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective data analysis from three centers for infants admitted to the NICU born between 2000 and 2013 and diagnosed with UTI. RESULTS: One hundred twenty-six infants from three centers were diagnosed with UTI during their hospitalization. Renal ultrasound (RUS) was performed in 115 infants (91.2%), of which 69 (60%) were abnormal. Mild to moderate hydronephrosis or pelviectasis were the most common abnormalities identified (n = 34, 30%). There were 14 infants (12%) with severe abnormalities on RUS. VCUG was performed in 71 infants (56%), of which 3 (4%) were interpreted as abnormal with grade 2 vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) or less (two infants were with normal RUS and one infant was with abnormal RUS). CONCLUSIONS: More than 50% of infants with a UTI had an abnormal RUS but severe abnormalities were found only in 11% of infants. Only 4% of infants with UTI had VUR; none of these infants had severe VUR on VCUG. A routine VCUG after UTI in the NICU has a low yield and may be reserved for infants with severe or persistent abnormalities on RUS.
OBJECTIVE: To determine if infants diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) require a routine voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective data analysis from three centers for infants admitted to the NICU born between 2000 and 2013 and diagnosed with UTI. RESULTS: One hundred twenty-six infants from three centers were diagnosed with UTI during their hospitalization. Renal ultrasound (RUS) was performed in 115 infants (91.2%), of which 69 (60%) were abnormal. Mild to moderate hydronephrosis or pelviectasis were the most common abnormalities identified (n = 34, 30%). There were 14 infants (12%) with severe abnormalities on RUS. VCUG was performed in 71 infants (56%), of which 3 (4%) were interpreted as abnormal with grade 2 vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) or less (two infants were with normal RUS and one infant was with abnormal RUS). CONCLUSIONS: More than 50% of infants with a UTI had an abnormal RUS but severe abnormalities were found only in 11% of infants. Only 4% of infants with UTI had VUR; none of these infants had severe VUR on VCUG. A routine VCUG after UTI in the NICU has a low yield and may be reserved for infants with severe or persistent abnormalities on RUS.
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