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VUR Additional Resources
Assisted UTI Imaging Clinical Service
To facilitate scheduling of recommended tests (VCUG, DMSA, ultrasound) Pittsburgh area primary care providers have the opportunity to take advantage of a new service at Children's Hospital. Area practitioners can contact the Assisted Imaging Service at 412-692-5271, or call Dr. Hoberman at 412-999-3277. A staff member of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC RIVUR team will schedule the tests and provide directions to the imaging center at Children's North or Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville. Results will be sent directly to the child’s primary care provider.
- Ultrasound Procedure (PDF)
- Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) Procedure (PDF)
- DMSA Procedure (PDF)
RIVUR study materials for parents
- RIVUR Consent Form (PDF)
- RIVUR Parent Brochure (PDF)
- Parent Video - Questions about the Study
- Parent Video - Questions about VUR
Additional Resources
- Urinary Tract Infections in Children (NIDDK, NIH) (PDF)
- Vesicoureteral Reflux (American Urological Association)
- VUR Clinical Guidelines (PDF)
- Children and Clinical Studies (National Institute of Health)
Related Publications
- Does This Child Have a Urinary Tract Infection? (PDF)
- Vesicoureteral Reflux: the RIVUR Study and the Way Forward (The Journal of Urology) (PDF)
- Normal Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scintigraphy Makes Voiding Cystourethrography Unnecessary after Urinary Tract Infection (PDF)
- Oral Versus Initial Intravenous Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Young Febrile Children (PDF)
- Imaging Studies after a First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection in Young Children (New England Journal of Medicine) (PDF)
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Children: Risk Factors and Association with Propylactic Antimicrobials (PDF)
- Does Early Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection Prevent Renal Damage? (PDF)
- Conventional Management of VUR in Children Questioned (PDF)
- Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux Effective in Preventing Pyelonephritis and Renal Scars? A Randomized, Controlled Trial (PDF)
- Debate emerges over management of vesicoureteral reflux in children.
Last Update
February 16, 2010
February 16, 2010
