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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria versus Symptom Underreporting in Older Emergency Department Patients with Suspected Urinary Tract Infection

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: geriatrics; urinary tract infection; diagnosis; asymptomatic bacteriuriaNational guidelines and quality measures use the presence of genitourinary symptoms to distinguish between acute urinary tract infection (UTI) and asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB).As a result, understanding the accuracy of chart documentation is critical to ensuring validity of research studies and antimicrobial stewardship programs.[1][2][3] Most studies evaluating UTI in older emergency department (ED) patients relied on electronic medical record (EMR) documentation as the criterion standard for presence of symptoms.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16775