Open AccessPredicting urine culture results in candidates for lithotripsy
Author(s) -
Ofer N. Gofrit,
Roey Abudi,
Amitay Lorber,
Mordechai Duvdevani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1097/cu9.0000000000000117
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , hydronephrosis , urine , kidney stones , nephrostomy , urine collection device , ureteroscopy , urinary system , ureter , urology , lithotomy position , surgery , percutaneous , alternative medicine , pathology
Urological guidelines assert that "urine culture should be obtained" before surgical management of ureteral or kidney stones. Thus, many surgeries are delayed by 1-3 days until the results of urine culture are available. During this time, the patient frequently experience pain and possible kidney damage. We investigated the hypothesis that it is possible to predict the results of urine culture in candidates for surgical intervention using parameters that are accessible immediately upon admission.