Clinical outcomes associated with guideline-discordant management of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients with neurogenic bladder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare clinical outcomes associated with appropriate and inappropriate management of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and urinary tract infection (UTI) among inpatients with neurogenic bladder (NB).

Design

Multicenter, retrospective cohort.

Setting

The study was conducted across 4 Veterans' Affairs hospitals.

Participants

The study included veterans with NB due to spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D), multiple sclerosis (MS), or Parkinson's disease (PD) hospitalized between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018, with diagnosis of ASB or UTI.

Interventions

In a medical record review, we classified ASB and UTI diagnoses and treatments as appropriate or inappropriate based on national guidelines.

Main outcome measures

Frequencies of

SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879921 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature