Imaging investigations carried out as a result of local guidelines according to age in children treated for urinary tract infection at home (outpatients) and in hospital (inpatients)
| Outpatients | Inpatients | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | Investigation | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | TF | NR | DNA | PD | ||
| 0 to <1 | Ultrasound | 13/13 | 100 | 43/43 | 100 | 56/56 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DMSA | 10/13 | 77 | 42/43 | 98 | 52/56 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MCUG | 11/13 | 85 | 39/43 | 91 | 50/56 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1 to <7 | Ultrasound | 69/69 | 100 | 19/20 | 95 | 88/89 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DMSA | 54/69 | 78 | 18/20 | 90 | 72/89 | 81 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 7–12 | Ultrasound | 13/13 | 100 | 6/6 | 100 | 19/19 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Ultrasound | 95/95 | 100 | 68/69 | 99 | 163/164 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DMSA | 64/82 | 78 | 60/63 | 95 | 124/145 | 86 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | |||
| MCUG | 11/13 | 85 | 39/43 | 91 | 50/56 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
TF, technical failure; NR, not requested; DNA, did not attend; PD, parents declined.