Overtreatment of presumed urinary tract infection in older women presenting to the emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 788-792

  Gordon, Lesley B ^a   Waxman, Michael J ^b   Ragsdale, Luna ^c   Mermel, Leonard A ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; emergency department; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRAIGHT CATHETER; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877980381     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12203     Document Type: Review

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