Medical management: a model for giving medical aid to children with infectious-inflammatory diseases of the urinary system

J Med Life. 2021 Jul-Aug;14(4):504-510. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0104.

Abstract

Increasing requirements of medical aid given to children with infectious-inflammatory diseases of the urinary system stipulate the necessity to improve its quality using evidence-based therapeutic-diagnostic and organization technologies. The aim of the work - to substantiate, develop the improved model of the specialized nephrology care for children with infectious inflammatory diseases of the urinary system at the regional level. The official statistical data have been studied (2006 to 2017); information-analytical and statistical methods have been used. A bacteriological study (2009-2016) of urine samples was carried out for 3089 children (0-17 years old) in the Chernivtsi region. They formed the foundation for substantiation and development of an improved functional-organizational model of the system. In addition to the existing and functionally changed elements contains new elements: regional/inter-regional center of specialized medical aid to children with infectious-inflammatory diseases of the urinary system. Implementation of the elements of the suggested improved model in a part of a rational approach in distribution of functions concerning medical observation of patients at the stages of giving medical aid enabled to make the period of hospitalization of nephrological patients 11,40% shorter and an average period of treatment of patients with infectious-inflammatory diseases of the urinary system 2,93% shorter.

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; children; quality of the medical care; urinary tract infections.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Urinary Tract Infections* / diagnosis
  • Urinary Tract Infections* / epidemiology
  • Urinary Tract Infections* / therapy