Improving the safety, quality, and health outcomes of pediatric care through clinical research. PeRC’s mission is to provide the expertise and infrastructure needed to support research within the primary care setting.
Ron Keren, MD, MPH, at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a research study that aimed to identify the risk factors that may contribute to why some children go on to develop recurrent UTIs.
The use of prophylactic antibiotics to prevent urinary tract infections associated with vesicoureteral reflux has been controversial, and a multisite clinical trial that The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia participated in is adding to the debate.
