Healthcare professionals use various criteria to describe acute and chronic conditions. The two types of conditions have several differences in the way people experience, develop, and receive ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a common and potentially serious infection of the renal parenchyma and pelvis that affects patients worldwide, with a higher incidence in women and older adults. Typical ...

"The five factors with the highest odds of developing APN included obstructive and reflux uropathy, presentation to an acute care facility, urinary retention, history of UTI, and renal comorbidities.

Pyelonephritis was suspected as the underlying cause of CKD in 6 of 22 cases. Pyelonephritis is an underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with orthotopic ileal neobladder ...

Presented at the meeting of the New England Branch of the American Urological Association, Boston, February 25, 1937. From the Infants' and Children's hospitals and the Departments of Pediatrics and ...