The Committee on Quality Improvement of the American Academy of Pediatrics developed …

• Abstract
• Development of the Parameter
• Diagnosis (Recommendations 1 through 5)
• Treatment (Recommendations 6 through 10)
• Evaluation: Imaging (Recommendation 11)
• Areas for Future Research
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Areas for Future Research

- The AAP Practice Parameter on Urinary Tract Infections in Febrile Infants and Young Children

One value of an extensive systematic review is the opportunity to identify what data are needed. The following areas were noted in the practice parameter: (1) Quantitating the relationship between UTI in infants and reduced renal function and hypertension in adults. Current scanning techniques may make this feasible; (2) developing noninvasive methods of collecting urine and diagnosing UTI; (3) determining the role of parenteral treatment and (4) developing noninvasive imaging techniques that do not use radiation. The third area has been addressed since publication,⁴ and the other three are being addressed.