Pyelonephritis : Treatments
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The goals of treatment are control of the infection and reduction of symptoms. Acute symptoms usually disappear within 48 to 72 hours after appropriate treatment. Due to the high mortality rate in the elderly population and the risk of complicatio...
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Treatment of acute pyelonephritis may require hospitalization if the patient is severely ill or has complications. Therapy most often involves a two-to three-week course of antibiotics, with the first few days of treatment given intravenously. The...
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Hospital admission involves staying at a hospital for at least one night or more. Purpose Staying in the hospital overnight is done because the individual is too sick to stay at home, requires 24-hour nursing care, and/or is receiving medications and undergoing tests and/or surgery that can only be performed in the hospital setting.
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