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Sverker Hansson
Researcher at Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Publications - 95
Citations - 5106
Sverker Hansson is an academic researcher from Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vesicoureteral reflux & Urinary system. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 91 publications receiving 4858 citations. Previous affiliations of Sverker Hansson include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Gothenburg.
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The natural history of bacteriuria in childhood.
TL;DR: Diagrams to detect children with anomalies within the urinary tract are especially important in the very young and long-term supervision should be provided and the parents advised to consult the doctor when there is suspicion of a new infection to avoid delay in treatment.
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Micturition habits and incontinence in 7-year-old Swedish school entrants.
TL;DR: The frequency of micturition in children without symptoms of bladder disturbance and with no previous urinary tract infection was 3–7 times per day, and the prevalence of incontinence in children has been extensively studied.
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The Swedish Reflux Trial in Children: III. Urinary Tract Infection Pattern
Per Brandström,Elisabeth Esbjörner,Maria Herthelius,Svante Swerkersson,Ulf Jodal,Sverker Hansson +5 more
TL;DR: There was a high rate of recurrent febrile urinary tract infection in girls older than 1 year with dilating vesicoureteral reflux at study entry but not in boys, and antibiotic prophylaxis and endoscopic treatment decreased the infection rate.
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The Swedish Reflux Trial in Children: IV. Renal Damage
TL;DR: There was a strong association between recurrent febrile UTIs and new renal damage in girls and most common in the control surveillance group, and a significantly higher rate in girls than in boys.
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Dimercapto-succinic acid scintigraphy instead of voiding cystourethrography for infants with urinary tract infection
Sverker Hansson,Manjit Dhamey,Olof Sigström,Rune Sixt,Eira Stokland,Martin Wennerström,Ulf Jodal +6 more
TL;DR: DMSA scintigraphy in infants with UTI may replace VCU as a first line investigation and a strategy to perform VCU in only patients with renal lesions is proposed.