Question ❓Which symptoms are characteristic of a preschool-age client who is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection
Answer ❄️:
Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection
Explanation:⁉️
Practice Essentials
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common pediatric infections. It distresses the child, concerns the parents, and may cause permanent kidney damage. Occurrences of a first-time symptomatic UTI are highest in boys and girls during the first year of life and markedly decrease after that.
Febrile infants younger than 2 months constitute an important subset of children who may present with fever without a localizing source. The workup of fever in these infants should always include evaluation for UTI. The chart below details a treatment approach for febrile infants younger than 3 months who have a temperature higher than 38°C.