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Melbourne RUPERT Score: oral or intravenous antibiotics for urinary tract infection
Six features, 1 point each, in children aged 12 months and older with a urinary tract infection – from 3 points consider intravenous antibiotics (Scanlan 2024)
Calculation aid for healthcare professionals: the calculator reproduces what the sources cited assign to the inputs. Clinical assessment and every treatment decision remain with the treating physician. Inputs and results are not stored.
Frequently asked questions
Melbourne RUPERT Score: oral or intravenous antibiotics for urinary tract infection: What does this calculator compute?
Melbourne RUPERT Score (Scanlan 2024) for children from 12 months of age with urinary tract infection in the emergency department: Chills, known urinary tract malformation, fever from 38 °C, vomiting, at least 3 previous urinary tract infections and tachycardia, 1 point each. Below 3 points consider oral, from 3 points intravenous antibiotics. With Caveat: validated in one center only.
Melbourne RUPERT Score: oral or intravenous antibiotics for urinary tract infection: Which sources is this calculator based on?
Scanlan BT, Ibrahim LF, Babl FE, Hopper SM, McNab S, Donath SM, Davidson A, Bryant PA: Defining complicated urinary tract infection and route of antibiotics in children presenting to the emergency department: a cohort study using the Melbourne RUPERT clinical score (BMJ Open 14:e082222) (2024)