Child Health 2 - Oli

Chapter 1

Introducing NICE UTI guideline

The paediatric registrar thanks you for your help with Oli. She highlights the fact that young children with UTIs often present in non-specific ways and points out that in the NICE febrile child guideline, even children in the “green” traffic light category get a urine sample as this is the only way to make the diagnosis. She asks you how you think an older child with a UTI might present? She also recommends that you look at the NICE guideline on UTIs.

Open Question

How do you think a UTI in an 8 year old child might present? Do you think it would be easier to diagnose?

References
  1. NICE UTI Guideline