Open AccessUrinary Tract Infection Investigation and Treatment in Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department with Confusion: a Health Record Review of Local Practice Patterns
Author(s) -
Rhiannan Pinnell,
Tim Ramsay,
Han Wang,
Pil Joo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian geriatrics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1925-8348
DOI - 10.5770/cgj.24.518
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , urinary system , antibiotics , confusion , glasgow coma scale , pediatrics , urine , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry , psychology , psychoanalysis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) investigation and treatment in confused older emergency department (ED) patients has not been described in the literature. We aim to describe the pattern of practice in an academic tertiary care ED for this common presentation.