Hospitalization for urinary tract infections in Japan, 2010-2015: a retrospective study using a national inpatient database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common and can have severe consequences. However, there are few recent large-scale studies about them. We aimed to determine the incidence of hospitalization for UTI and to elucidate patient characteristics, clinical practice, and clinical outcomes by drawing on a Japanese nationwide database.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study using a national database that covers half the acute care inpatients in Japan. Patients aged ≥ 15 years who were hospitalized for UTI were eligible. We did not include patients with lower UTI such as cystitis. We investigated the annual number of patients hospitalized in Japan, those patients' characteristics, and risk factors for in-hospital mortality.

Results

We identified 232,39

SUBMITTER: Sako A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature