This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to pyelonephritis, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on pyelonephritis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Pyelonephritis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Pyelonephritis; Chapter 4. Books on Pyelonephritis; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Pyelonephritis; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 7. Dissertations on Pyelonephritis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; PYELONEPHRITIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Acute bacterial nephritis, Acute pyelonephritis, Acute upper urinary tract infection, Chronic atrophic pyelonephritis, Complicated urinary tract infection, Infection - kidney, Kidney infection, Lobar nephronia, Nephropathy - reflux, Pyonephrosis, Renal carbuncle, Ureteralreflux, Urinary tract infection - complicated, Vesico-ureteric reflux.