Urinary tract infection
Topic: Medical-surgical
Infection anywhere in the urinary tract, most often by Escherichia coli ascending from the urethra. Cystitis (bladder) causes dysuria, frequency, urgency and suprapubic pain; pyelonephritis (kidney) adds fever, chills, flank pain and costovertebral angle tenderness and can progress to sepsis. Older adults may show only new confusion. Collect a midstream or catheter urine specimen for culture before the first antibiotic dose, encourage fluids unless restricted, and teach the client to finish the course. Asymptomatic bacteriuria usually needs no treatment, except in pregnancy.
- Also known as:
- UTI, Cystitis, Pyelonephritis
- In Turkish:
- İdrar yolu enfeksiyonu
What does Urinary tract infection mean?
Urinary tract infection is part of the Medical-surgical topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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Sources
- Open RN, Health Alterations (CC BY 4.0)
- Open RN, Nursing Fundamentals 2e (CC BY 4.0)
- Open RN, Nursing Pharmacology 2e (CC BY 4.0)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH
- Nicolle et al., Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: 2019 Update by the IDSA (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019)