A single center observational study on emergency department clinician non-adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections

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Patients with cystitis with back or abdominal pain only were most likely to receive non-adherent treatment, potentially suggesting diagnostic inaccuracy. Physician education on evidence-based guidelines regarding the treatment of uncomplicated UTI will decrease broad-spectrum use and drug resistance …
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Authors Zatorski C;Zocchi M;Cosgrove SE;Rand C;Brooks G;May L;;
Journal BMC infectious diseases
Year 2016
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814677
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female adolescent middle aged young adult Prospective Studies district of columbia observational study anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use* urinary tract infections / complications urinary tract infections / diagnosis emergency service hospital* practice guidelines as topic* urinary tract infections / microbiology pmid:27814677 pmc5097367 doi:10.1186/s12879-016-1972-6 catherine zatorski mark zocchi larissa may abdominal pain / drug therapy abdominal pain / etiology back pain / drug therapy back pain / etiology guideline adherence* inappropriate prescribing / prevention & control inappropriate prescribing / statistics & numerical data* urinary tract infections / drug therapy*

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