5 Improving Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections for Elderly Patients
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Urinary tract infections: diagnosis and management.
care and represent 1–3 per cent of all GP consultations.1 UTI reflects an infection of any part of the urinary system and can give rise to a wide spectrum of presentations including cystitis (bladder infection) and pyelonephritis (kidney and renal pelvis). Uncomplicated UTI refers to infection of a structurally and functionally normal urinary tract. Complicated UTIs occur in individuals with st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz183.05