Cranberry juice concentrate does not significantly decrease the incidence of acquired bacteriuria in female hip fracture patients receiving urine catheter: a double-blind randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common complication among patients with hip fractures. Receiving an indwelling urinary catheter is a risk factor for developing UTIs. Treatment of symptomatic UTIs with antibiotics is expensive and can result in the development of antimicrobial resistance. Cranberries are thought to prevent UTI. There is no previous research on this potential effect in patients with hip fracture who receive urinary catheters.

Aim

The aim of this study is to investigate whether intake of cranberry juice concentrate pre-operatively decreases the incidence of postoperative UTIs in hip fracture patients that received a urinary catheter.

Design

This study employed a randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind trial.

Method

Female patient

SUBMITTER: Gunnarsson AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5245868 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature