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Prediction of High-Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux after Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection: External Validation Study of Procalcitonin-Based Decision Rule
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Background: Predicting vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR) ≥3 at the time of the first urinary tract infection (UTI) would make it possible to restrict cystography to high-risk children. We previously derived the following clinical decision rule for that purpose: cystography should be performed in cases with ureteral dilation and a serum procalcitonin level ≥0.17 ng/mL, or without ureteral dilatation when the serum procalcitonin level ≥0.63 ng/mL. The rule yielded a 86% sensitivity with a 46% specificity. We aimed to test its reproducibility. Study design: A secondary analysis of prospective series of children with a first UTI. The rule was applied, and predictive ability was calculated. Results: The study included 413 patients (157 boys, VUR ≥3 in 11%) from eight centers in five countries. The rule offered a 46% specificity (95% CI, 41-52), not different from the one in the derivation study. However, the sensitivity significantly decreased to 64% (95%CI, 50-76), leading to a difference of 20% (95%CI, 17-36). In all, 16 (34%) patients among the 47 with VUR ≥3 were misdiagnosed by the rule. This lack of reproducibility might result primarily from a difference between derivation and validation populations regarding inflammatory parameters (CRP, PCT); the validation set samples may have been collected earlier than for the derivation one. Conclusions: The rule built to predict VUR ≥3 had a stable specificity (ie. 46%), but a decreased sensitivity (ie. 64%) because of the time variability of PCT measurement. Some refinement may be warranted.
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LEROY, Sandrine, BOUISSOU, François, FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ, Anna, GURGOZE, Metin k., KARAVANAKI, Kyriaki, ULINSKI, Tim, BRESSAN, Silvia, VAOS, Geogios, LEBLOND, Pierre, COULAIS, Yvon, LUACES CUBELLS, Carles, AYGUN, A. denizmen, STEFANIDIS, Constantinos j., BENSMAN, Albert, DADALT, Liviana, GARDIKIS, Stefanos, BIGOT, Sandra, GENDREL, Dominique, BRÉART, Gérard, CHALUMEAU, Martin. Prediction of High-Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux after Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection: External Validation Study of Procalcitonin-Based Decision Rule. _PLoS One_. 2011. Vol. 6, núm. 12, pàgs. e29556. [consulta: 11 de desembre de 2025]. ISSN: 1932-6203. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175204]