UTI 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 Hospital in Oakland. Results will be sent directly to the child’s primary care provider.

• Ultrasound Procedure (PDF)
• Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) Procedure (PDF)
• DMSA Kidney Scan Procedure (PDF)

CUTIE study materials for parents

• CUTIE Consent Form (PDF)
• CUTIE Parent Brochure (PDF)
• CUTIE Study Introduction (PDF)
• Directions to Oakland Medical Building (PDF)

Additional Resources

• Urinary Tract Infections in Children (NIDDK, NIH) (PDF)
• Urinary Tract Infections in Children (American Urological Association)
• Urinary Tract Infections in Children (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
•  Children and Clinical Studies (NIH)

Related Publications

• Does Early Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection Prevent Renal Damage? (PDF)
  
• Does This Child Have a Urinary Tract Infection? (PDF)
• Imaging Studies after a First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection in Young Children (New England Journal of Medicine) (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)
• Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Children: Risk Factors and Association With Propylactic Antimicrobials (PDF)