Outpatient Urinary Tract Dilation Care Process Guideline
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This 2020
University of Utah and Primary Children’s Outpatient Services care guideline
advises what next steps should be taken by outpatient primary care clinicians to
manage otherwise healthy infants and young children with a diagnosis of urinary
tract dilation (UTD) confirmed after birth with normal kidney function and
without urinary tract infections (UTIs) or hypertension. See Prenatal Urinary Tract Dilation Care Process Guideline for
management of newborns with suspected hydronephrosis/UTD based on fetal imaging.
Key Points
- Consult Pediatric Nephrology for abnormal renal parenchyma, hypoplastic kidney(s), or solitary kidney.
- If an infant’s 4-month renal ultrasound (aka retroperitoneal ultrasound or renal/bladder ultrasound (RBUS)) demonstrates UTD A2-3, the primary care clinician should confer with Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatric Urology to determine additional workup and management strategies, including but not limited to labs, voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), and/or prophylactic antibiotics.
- If an infant’s 4-month renal ultrasound demonstrates UTD A1, it should be repeated at 12 months to ensure it is stable or resolved.
- Worsening UTD requires consultation with specialists.
- All infants and children with UTD should have blood pressure measured at all well-child checks.
Outpatient Urinary Tract Dilation Care Process Guideline
*Consult nephrology if abnormal kidney tissue or renal parenchyma
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