Pyonephrosis diagnostic criteria

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Harsh Vardhan Chawla, M.B.B.S.[2]

Diagnostic criteria

• There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of pyonephrosis.
• Pyonephrosis should be suspected if the patient develops fever, chills, flank pain or back pain in addition to symptoms of urinary tract infection such as dysuria, urgency, frequency.
• Ultrasound can be used in the emergency setting and can rapidly establish or exclude the diagnosis of pyonephrosis.