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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

What Causes Kidney Infections

Health Encyclopedia: Intravenous Pyelogram

Alternative Names

Excretory urography; IVP


Normal Values


What abnormal results mean

The test may reveal kidney diseases, birth abnormalities, tumors, kidney stones, and inflammation caused by infections.

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

  • Acute arterial occlusion of the kidney
  • Acute bilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Acute unilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Analgesic n...

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Health Guide

Urinary Tract Infection: Complications
...higher risk for such infections than those outside the hospital. In one particularly dangerous form of kidney infection that obstructs the ureter, mortality rates exceed 40%. This specific... Read more »
Urinary Tract Infection: Highlights
...bladder into the kidneys. Although long-term antibiotics are sometimes prescribed for VUR to help prevent kidney infection, a 2006 study reported that antibiotic treatment is not helpful and that... Read more »
Urinary Tract Infection: Symptoms
...infections.Occasionally, fever develops.Symptoms of Severe Infection in the Kidney (Pyelonephritis)Symptoms of kidney infections tend to affect the whole body and be more severe than those of... Read more »
Urinary Tract Infection: Medications
...simple cystitis. (Shorter course treatments are being investigated.) It is not useful for treating kidney infections. Nitrofurantoin frequently causes stomach upset and interacts with many drugs.... Read more »
Urinary Tract Infection: Introduction
...infection becomes persistent, or chronic, or if the urinary tract is structurally abnormal.Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection). When infection spreads to the upper tract (the ureters and kidneys) it... Read more »

Medications

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...3 or more days difficulty urinating signs of kidney infection (e.g., burning/painful... Read more »

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...3 or more days difficulty urinating signs of kidney infection (e.g., burning/painful... Read more »

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...stomach/abdominal pain trouble urinating signs of kidney infection (e.g., burning/painful... Read more »

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...difficulty urinating fast/pounding heartbeat signs of kidney infection (e.g.,... Read more »

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...stomach/abdominal pain trouble urinating signs of kidney infection (e.g., burning/painful... Read more »

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