Abstract
Abstract
Background
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is one of the most serious urologic emergency which should be diagnosed and treated adequately to prevent impending septic shock and death. Computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard radiologic modality for diagnosis, grading and predicting the outcome. We aimed in this study to define the initial CT radiological findings correlated with EPN conservative management success.
Results
This study involved 54 patients (42 women and 12 males) with a mean age of 48 ± 10 years. EPN grades I, II, III, and IV were noticed in 12, 17, 20, and 5 patients, respectively. Ten patients (18.5%) received successful conservative management. On the other hand, renal drainage was needed in 42 patients (77.8%). Delayed nephrectomy was required in two cases (3.7%). In univariate and multivariate analyses, the absence of hydronephrosis and decreased air locules volume were predictors of conservative treatment success (P = 0.003 and 0.01, respectively).
Conclusions
Conservative therapy should be selected in certain patients of emphysematous pyelonephritis. Decreased air locules volume and the absence of hydronephrosis in pre-admission computed tomography were predictors for conservative therapy success.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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