How to differentiate acute UTI from acute pyelonephritis in children?

How to differentiate acute UTI from acute pyelonephritis in children?

Pyelo gives you systematic response while uti give you fussiness , feeding problem with some systematic findings and reflux is common in pyelo or hydronephrosis with frequent uti and uti for one time presents differently … And FEVER can also differentiate.

In pyelonephritis,theyre systemically unwell while in uti,older children can complain of dysuria and younger children can have micturational crying and other unspecific symptoms…