Frequency of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children having Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Abstract

Objectives: Repeated urinary tract infections are significantly related to anatomical abnormalities of urinary tract. Vesicoureteral reflux is quite common, under diagnosed anatomical abnormality, leads to renal scarring and chronic kidney disease. The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of vesicoureteral reflux in children having repeated urinary tract infections.
Methods: It is cross sectional survey conducted in department of Pediatric Medicine, The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore, spanning from 20-5-2014 to 19-11-2014, using non-probability purposive sampling, a total of 140 patients included. Each child was screened and followed with repeated urinary tract infections for frequency of vesicoureteral reflux by detailed clinical examination and relevant investigation as defined in operational definition. To avoid any controversy, all the findings of UTI & vesicoureteral reflux was assessed by a single consultant. Data was managed using SPSS version 20.