Emphysematous pyelonephritis: Does a standard management algorithm and a prognostic scoring model optimize patient outcomes ?

Conclusion: Conservative management adopting appropriate algorithm reduces mortality and avoids unnecessary emergency nephrectomies. Thrombocytopenia, low BMI, presence of >2 comorbidities, high TLC, and hypoalbuminemia were significantly associated with mortality.

Source: Urology Annals - October 8, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Amit Jain Ramanitharan Manikandan Lalgudi Narayanan Dorairajan Sreerag Kodakkattil Sreenivasan Sriharsha Bokka Source Type: research