In pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis, does outpatient management after brief initial inpatient treatment with parenteral antibiotics followed by oral antibiotics, compared with continued hospitalisation until afebrile, differ in treatment fail

Outpatient management after brief initial inpatient treatment with parenteral antibiotics is as safe and effective as continued hospitalization for treating acute pyelonephritis in pregnant women before 24 weeks' gestation, provided patient selection is careful and monitoring rigorous.