UTI REN

Question 1

UTI

Answer 1

urinary tract infection

Question 2

features in different ages of children

Answer 2

infant:
poor feeding, irritable

younger children:
abdominal pain, fever, dysuria

older children:
fever, dysuria, frequency

Question 3

criteria for doing urinalysis

Answer 3

symptomatic

fever and unknown cause

Question 4

urine collection methods

Answer 4

infants:
pads

children:
clean catch

Question 5

management

Answer 5

<3 months - refer to paediatrics

upper UTI >3 months - refer to paediatrics

lower UTI >3 months - normal antibiotic treatment

return to GP/hospital if still unwell after treatment