Harris Andrea, Pineles Lisa, Baghdadiv Jonathan D, Magder Larry, Dhaliwal Gurpreet, Korenstein Deborah, Harris Anthony D, Morgan Daniel J
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31;10(9):ofad455. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad455. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Greater understanding of clinical decision thresholds may improve inappropriate testing and treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI). We used a survey of clinicians to examine UTI decision thresholds. Although overestimates of UTI occurred, testing and treatment thresholds were generally rational, were lower than previously reported, and differed by type of clinician.
对临床决策阈值有更深入的了解可能会改善对尿路感染(UTI)的不适当检测和治疗。我们通过对临床医生进行调查来研究UTI的决策阈值。虽然存在对UTI的高估情况,但检测和治疗阈值总体上是合理的,低于先前报告的数值,并且因临床医生类型而异。