Usefulness of Blood Cultures and Radiologic Imaging Studies in the Management of Patients with Community-Acquired Acute Pyelonephritis.
Yeonjae KimMi Ran SeoSeong Jong KimJieun KimSeong Heon WieYong Kyun ChoSeung Kwan LimJin Seo LeeKi Tae KwonHyuck LeeHee Jin CheongDae Won ParkSeong Yeol RyuMoon Hyun ChungHyunjoo PaiPublished in: Infection & chemotherapy (2017)
Blood cultures are clinically useful for diagnosis of CA-APN, and bacteremia is predictive factor for hospital mortality. Early radiologic imaging studies should be considered for CA-APN patients with Pitt scores ≥1, flank pain or azotemia.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- healthcare
- chronic pain
- liver failure
- case control
- cardiovascular events
- respiratory failure
- pain management
- protein kinase
- emergency department
- spinal cord
- mass spectrometry
- hepatitis b virus
- aortic dissection
- acute care
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- urinary tract infection
- photodynamic therapy