Examination of the Child with Chronic Pyelonephritis

Abstract

THE frequency with which a serious hypertension or uremia in childhood is preceded by chronic pyelonephritis renders it essential to use with the maximum effectiveness every medical and surgical procedure of therapeutic value early in the course of the disease, before a progressive hypertension or renal insufficiency has been initiated. In practice many cases will be deprived of early effective therapy unless a thorough examination of the genitourinary system is made with efficiency and dispatch. The organization of the examination is therefore important. For this rea-