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Managing vesicoureteral reflux in children: making sense of all the data [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
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Managing vesicoureteral reflux in children: making sense of all the data [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Angelena Edwards and Craig A Peters
F1000 research, Vol.8, p.29
2019
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.16534.1
PMCID: PMC6329208
PMID: 30647916
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https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16534.1View
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Abstract

Current management of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children is the result of a steady albeit controversial evolution of data and thinking related to the clinical impact of VUR and urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, the value of clinical screening, and the relative impact of testing and interventions for VUR. While controversy continues, there is consensus on the importance of bladder dysfunction on VUR outcomes, the likelihood of VUR resolution, and the fact that not all children with VUR require active treatment. Early efforts to define risk stratification hold the most promise to provide more patient-specific treatment of UTI and VUR in children.
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