Emergency physicians encounter urinary tract infections (UTIs) in a wide spectrum of disease severity and patient populations.
The challenges of managing UTIs in an emergency department include limited history, lack of follow-up, and lack of culture and susceptibility results. Most patients do not require an extensive diagnostic evaluation and can be safely managed as outpatients with oral antibiotics. The diagnostic approach to and treatment of adults presenting to emergency departments with UTIs are reviewed.
Written by:
Takhar SS, Moran GJ. Are you the author?
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 14445 Olive View Dr., Sylmar, CA 91342, USA.
Reference: Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2014 Mar;28(1):33-48.
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2013.10.003
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24484573
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