Clinician Testing and Treatment Thresholds for Management of Urinary Tract Infection

Greater understanding of clinical decision thresholds may improve inappropriate testing and treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI). We used a survey of clinicians to examine UTI decision thresholds. Although overestimates of UTI occurred, testing and treatment thresholds were generally rational,...

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Autores principales: Harris, Andrea, Pineles, Lisa, Baghdadi, Jonathan D, Magder, Larry, Dhaliwal, Gurpreet, Korenstein, Deborah, Harris, Anthony D, Morgan, Daniel J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10500043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37720701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad455
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Sumario:Greater understanding of clinical decision thresholds may improve inappropriate testing and treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI). We used a survey of clinicians to examine UTI decision thresholds. Although overestimates of UTI occurred, testing and treatment thresholds were generally rational, were lower than previously reported, and differed by type of clinician.

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