Table 1.
The basic information of the selected guidelines
| Title | Source | Organisation/author | Country | Year of publication | Target population | The criteria for selecting the evidence | Number of references |
| Reaffirmation of AAP clinical practice guideline: the diagnosis and management of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children 2–24 months | Pediatrics | AAP | USA | 2016 | Infants and young children 2–24 months | AAP policy | 17 |
| Urinary tract infections in children: EAU/ESPU Guidelines | European Urology | EAU/ESPU | Europe | 2014 | Children | EAU guidelines criteria—modified GRADE | 118 |
| Updated Italian recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the first febrile urinary tract infection in young children | Acta Paediatrica | SINePe | Italy | 2019 | Infants and young children 2–36 months | SOTR | 107 |
| KHA-CARI guideline: diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in children | Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology | KHA-CARI | Australia | 2014 | Children | GRADE | 18 |
| Urinary tract infections in infants and children: diagnosis and management | Paediatrics and child health | CPS | Canada | 2014 | Infants older than 2 months | Not described | 33 |
| Revised statement on management of urinary tract infections | Indian paediatrics | ISPN | India | 2011 | Children | Not described | 26 |
| Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management | NICE website | NICE | UK | 2018 | Children under 16s | Not described | / |
| A guideline for the inpatient care of children with pyelonephritis | Annals of Saudi Medicine | Aftab S Chishti | USA | 2010 | Hospitalised children | Not described | 63 |
| Evidence-based guideline on diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection (2016) | Chinese Journal of Pediatrics | CMA-CSP | China | 2017 | Children | ESC guidelines criteria | 18 |
AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics; CMA-CSP, Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Society of Pediatrics; CPS, Canadian Pediatric Society; EAU, European Association of Urology; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; ESPU, European Society for Pediatric Urology; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; ISPN, Indian Pediatric Nephrology Group; KHA-CARI, Kidney Health Australia, Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; SINePe, Italian Society of Pediatric Nephrology; SORT, Strength of recommendation taxonomy.