Ann Acad Med Singap
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Ann Acad Med Singap · Sep 2011
Acute pyelonephritis and renal abscesses in adults--correlating clinical parameters with radiological (computer tomography) severity.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlations between clinical and biochemical parameters with radiological severity of CT diagnosed acute pyelonephritis (APN) and renal abscesses, thereafter defining clinical predictors to identify patients with severe APN or renal abscesses. ⋯ Our study showed a good correlation between clinical and radiological severity in adult patients with APN and renal abscesses. Patients with severe APN or renal abscesses were likely to be diabetics presenting with hypotension, acute renal impairment and a leucocyte count of greater than 20K.