Indwelling catheters increase altered mental status and urinary tract infection risk: A retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) are used intraoperatively and may cause complications (e.g., delirium), only few robust studies have investigated the association between intraoperative IUC use and complications. We hypothesized that IUC use might increase the postoperative incidence of altered mental status and/or urinary catheter infection.

Materials and methods

In this retrospective single-center cohort study, we analyzed the data of adult patients undergoing surgery at our facility between January 2013 and December 2018. The primary endpoint was altered mental status and/or incidence of urinary catheter infections. The patients were divided into IUC and control groups. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify the predic

SUBMITTER: Fukushima T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7972973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature