Expected urinary output infant - Answers 0.5- 2 ml/kg/hour
Expected urinary output: child - Answers Voids about 400-500 ml/day
About 15-20 ml/hour average
Expected urinary output: adolescents - Answers 800-1400 ml/day
About 30-60 ml/hour
Bladder capacity: newborn - Answers Approximately 30 ml
Bladder capacity: 1 year of age - Answers Increases to the usual adult capacity of about 270ml
Urinary tract infections peak incidence - Answers 2-6 years of age
Urinary tract infections most common agent - Answers E. Coli
Urinary tract infections patho - Answers Urinary stasis allows bacterial to grow rapidly once in the
bladder
Decreased fluid intake causes bacteria to be more concentrated
Urinary tract infections most important host factor - Answers Urinary stasis
Urinary tract infections symptoms: infants - Answers Hyper/hypothermia, diarrhea, vomiting, irritability,
lethargy. Poor feeding, foul-smelling diapers
Urinary tract infections symptoms: children - Answers Dysuria, N/V/ poor appetite, enuresis, hematuria,
foul smelling urine, frequency/urgency, mood changes, abdominal/back/flank pain
Pyelonephritis - Answers High fever, chills, abdominal pain, flank pain, N/V, dehydration
Urinary tract infections management - Answers Oral/ Parenteral antibiotics, increase fluid intake,
education (hygiene, empty bladder completely, take all meds) antipyretics
Vesicoureteral Reflux - Answers Retrograde flow of bladder urine into the ureters
Occurs during bladder contraction when voiding
Can lead to HTN and scarring later in life
VUR stands for - Answers Vesicoureteral reflux
VUR primary - Answers Congenital
VUR secondary - Answers Related to other structural or functional problems