UTI Flashcards
1
Q
how common are utis?
A
1.56% of male pop, 9.22% of female pop
1 in 3 women will have had one by 24.
1 in 2 women in life time with symptoms
2
Q
what is the treatment for females?
A
3 days of trimethoprim 200mg twice daily
or 3 days of nitrofurotoin 50mg x 4 or 100mg x 2 daily
3
Q
what can be considered if trimethroprim has been given in the past year?
A
nitrofurotoin
4
Q
treatment in men?
A
7 day course
5
Q
other measures ?
A
cranberry juice
lots of fluids
6
Q
what are the risk factors?
A
indwelling catheter past UTI unprotected sex stones- kidney, urethral diabetes enlarged prostate female- diaphragm (contraception) condoms with spermicidal lubricant surgery urethritis, vaginitis incomplete lbadder emptying
7
Q
symptoms?
A
pain on urination itching increase in frequency dysuria odour -strong cloudy in appearance blood in urine supra-pubic tenderness nausea sweats feeling urge to go warm/burning sensation fatigue
8
Q
investigations
A
urine dipstick -nitrites and leucocytes are elevated
cultures from urine
9
Q
what is loin pain and fever associated with?
A
upper UTI-pyelonephritis
10
Q
what can serious UTI cause
A
confusion
delirium
syncope
11
Q
what is most common cause and what percentage?
A
80%
E.coli
