Severe acute pyelonephritis: a review of clinical outcome and risk factors for mortality

OBJECTIVE. To review demographics of patients with acute pyelonephritis, their outcomes of severe upper urinary tract infection, and to identify risk factors for long hospital stay and mortality. DESIGN. Case series. SETTING. A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Patients admitted between June...

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Published in:	Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 285 - 289
Main Authors:	Chung, Vera Y, Tai, C K, Fan, C W, Tang, C N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	China Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 01-08-2014
Subjects:	Abscesses Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Antibiotics Bacteremia - epidemiology Bacteremia - microbiology Child Clinical outcomes Demographics Diabetes Drainage - methods E coli Female Hong Kong Hospitalization Humans Intensive care Intensive Care Units Intervention Length of Stay Male Medical prognosis Middle Aged Mortality Pathogens Patients Prognosis Pyelonephritis - mortality Pyelonephritis - physiopathology Pyelonephritis - therapy Regression analysis Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sepsis Severity of Illness Index Sex Factors Shock, Septic - epidemiology Treatment Outcome Urinary tract infections Urogenital system Young Adult Hong Kong Hong Kong China United States > US China Treatment outcome Mortality Pyelonephritis Risk factors
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