{"id":213,"date":"2018-04-23T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T15:22:35","slug":"uti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/uti\/","title":{"rendered":"UTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Definitions<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Asymptomatic bacteriuria \u2013 treat only if patient is pregnant (+\/- renal transplant recipient with stent in situ).\u00a0 If in doubt, discuss.<\/li>\n<li>Cystitis \u2013 may have alternate aetiology.\u00a0 Remember that lower urinary tract symptoms in women with 10,000-100,000 cfu\/ml probably represents infection and should be treated<\/li>\n<li>Pyelonephritis \u2013 should always be treated, and will frequently require parenteral therapy<\/li>\n<li>Recurrent UTI &#8211; \u00b3 three symptomatic infections per annum (provided\u00a0 \u00b3 1 month interval; less suggests relapse).\u00a0 Review oral fluid intake, anatomical or bladder function problems, vaginal epithelium and consider long-term prophylaxis<\/li>\n<li>LUTS \u2013 many patients have symptoms of voiding dysfunction (urge incontinence, stress incontinence, incontinence, nocturia, prostatism).\u00a0\u00a0 These may benefit from expert urological assessment<\/li>\n<li>Complicated vs. Uncomplicated \u2013 anatomical problems, stones, stents, transplants, pregnancy \u2013 should be treated more aggressively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Further information<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/edren-info\/urinary-tract-infections-uti\/\">Patient information on UTI <\/a>from <a href=\"http:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/edren-info\/\">EdRenINFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrep.org\/pages\/resources\/urinary-tract-infections.php\">Teaching\/ background information on UTI<\/a> suitable for medical staff and students from the EdREP resources section.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Acknowledgements:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Liam Plant was the original main author for this page. It was revised by ANT in November 2006 and the last modified date is shown in the footer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definitions Asymptomatic bacteriuria \u2013 treat only if patient is pregnant (+\/- renal transplant recipient with stent in situ).\u00a0 If in doubt, discuss. Cystitis \u2013 may have alternate aetiology.\u00a0 Remember that lower urinary tract symptoms in women with 10,000-100,000 cfu\/ml probably represents infection and should be treated Pyelonephritis \u2013 should always\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/uti\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/2031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}