Pre-operative screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria and associations with post-operative outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) before non-urologic surgery is common but of unclear benefit. Our aim was to describe pre-operative ASB screening and post-operative outcomes in patients with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods

This was a descriptive retrospective cohort study of adults with SCI undergoing neurosurgical spine or orthopedic lower limb surgery from 10/1/2012-9/30/2014 at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. National VA datasets and medical record review was used to describe frequency of pre-operative ASB screening, presence of ASB, and association with post-operative surgical site infection, urinary tract infection, and hospital readmission.

Results

175 patients were included. Although over half of patients

SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6421984 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature