Urinary infections in adults--1985.

Urinary infections in adults--1985.

Chateter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in Adults

INTRODUCTION Hospital-acquired Urinary tract infections make 35% of all the hospital-acquired infections, and about 80% of them are related to the catheterization of the urinary bladder. PURPOSE To determine clinical characteristics and dominant etiologic factors of Urinary Tract Infections associated with urinary catheter (C-UTIs). METHODS Determined clinical characteristics of C-UTIs were...

Amoxicillin therapy of acute urinary infections in adults.

Fifty-two patients, 48 females and 4 males, with suspected urinary infection were treated with amoxicillin. Twenty-two females with presumed bladder infection were treated with amoxicillin, 250 mg three times a day for 7 days; 26 females and 4 males with presumed renal infection were treated with amoxicillin, 500 mg three times a day for 14 days. Five patients were immediate treatment failures,...

Treatment duration for urinary tract infections in adults.

There is a body of information regarding urinary tract infections that clinicians need to know. These physicians want to be able to recognize urinary tract infections, determine what patients merit therapy, and, particularly in the cutrent era of diagnostic-related groups, formulate the essential elements of the evaluation. Physicians are also concerned about another practical issue, namely the...

Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Adults.

CriticalCareNurse Vol 36, No. 4, AUGUST 2016 e9 Supporting Evidence Assessment of Need for Indwelling Catheter 1. Prolonged catheterization is the major risk factor for CAUTIs.5 Develop written guidelines for urinary catheterization, and include indications for indwelling urinary catheterization and ensuring that catheter placement is limited to patients who meet indications.5,6 Bladder scannin...