The prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular risks in children with renal scars secondary to urinary tract infection

Abstract

Hypertension is a late outcome of refl ux nephropathy and renal parenchymal scar secondary to urinary tract infection (UTI

Evaluating the Predictive Efficacy of Dipstick Urinalysis for Detecting Urinary Tract Infections in Febrile Children Under Five Years of Age at Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

“…Urine microscopy apart from detecting white blood cells also demonstrates the presence of red blood cells, casts, bacteria and yeast cells [46][47][48]. A gram stain of unspun urine helps in the identification of the nature of the bacteria hence guides the clinician to initiate antibiotic therapy [49][50][51][52][53]. A gram stain of unspun urine has a sensitivity and specificity of approximately 90-93% [54][55][56][57] in Tanzania documented a high specificity of 86.5% and positive predictive value 68.4% for urine microscopy in the diagnosis of UTI.…”