PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pyelonephritis |
| Phenotype | C0004659|bacteriuria |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 21674026 | Pregnancy is associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria in 4%–7% of cases and pyelonephritis in 0.5%–2%.40 many studies have reported that pyelonephritis is more common during the second half of pregnancy.41 this is thought to result from increasing mechanical compression by the enlarging uterus. |
| PubMedID- 22574301 | Pregnancy enhances the progression from asymptomatic to symptomatic bacteriuria which could lead to pyelonephritis and adverse obstetric outcomes such as prematurity, low birth weight[5] and higher foetal mortality rates[67]. |
| PubMedID- 21244660 | Furthermore, it has been observed that asymptomatic bacteriuria can lead to cystitis and pyelonephritis [5] which can lead to acute respiratory distress, transient renal failure, sepsis and shock during pregnancy [6]. |
| PubMedID- 20661475 | Except for bacteriuria, the diagnostic criteria of acute pyelonephritis were: body temperature ≥38°c and laboratory signs of systemic inflammation, either c-reactive protein ≥20 mg/liter or erythrocyte sedimentation rate ≥20 mm/h, respectively. |
| PubMedID- 22028612 | Undetected and untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria can lead to pyelonephritis later in pregnancy or during puerperium [2]. |
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