[Urinary system abnormalities in children of the pediatric outpatient clinics in Lublin].

The study was carried out in 3160 children screened for urinary system abnormalities. The examined group consisted of patients of the Pediatric Outpatient Clinics in town Lublin, born between 1992-1996. The comprehensive clinical, anamnestic and laboratory analysis was based on the data from case records and hospital cards. The abnormalities of urinary tract were found in 112 children. It constituted 3.5% of the studied patients and 20.7% of children with urinary tract infections. It emerged that the urinary tract infections occurred in all children with urinary defects. The abnormalities predominated among girls than boys (60.7% and 39.3% respectively). Pyelocalycectasia and bilateral vesico-ureteral reflux were the most often diagnosed malformations of urinary tract.