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Urinary Tract Infection: All your questions answered

Urinary Tract Infection: All your questions answered

by Graham Wilson, Josee Malette | Jun 16, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease

How many times a shift do you consider a urinary tract infection?   As Emergency physicians, you make and/or consider urinary tract infection (UTI) multiple times per shift.1 Actually, up to 5% of ED visits are related to genitourinary complaints.2-4 From simple...
Development and Validation of a Calculator for Estimating the Probability of Urinary Tract Infection in Young Febrile Children

Development and Validation of a Calculator for Estimating the Probability of Urinary Tract Infection in Young Febrile Children

by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 22, 2019 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Pediatrics, Urology

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Shaikh N, Hoberman A, Hum SW, Alberty A, Muniz G, Kurs-Lasky M, Landsittel D, Shope T. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jun 1;172(6):550-556. Question and Methods: The objective was to develop a risk-tool (UTICalc)...

Association of Pyuria and Clinical Characteristics With the Presence of Urinary Tract Infection Among Patients With Acute Nephrolithiasis

by emottawa | Sep 21, 2015 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score:    2.5/5                 Usefulness Score:  2.5/5  Abrahamian FM, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Nov;62(5):526-33. Abstract Link   Pyuria alone cannot be used to determine if UTI is present in patients with...
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