Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Urinary tract infections, urinalysis

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Urinary catheter policies for long-term bladder drainage
    • Types of urethral catheters for management of short-term voiding problems in hospitalised adults
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 international clinical practice guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America [2010]
    • Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2009]
    • Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America [2008]
    • Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In: Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Department of Public Health [2008]
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
    • Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients [2006]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Reminder Systems to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections and Urinary Catheter Use in Hospitalized Patients [2010]
  • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
    • Management of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) [2010]
  • Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Types of urethral catheters for management of short-term voiding problems in hospitalized adults: a short version Cochrane Review [2009]
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Urinary tract infections in children

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Bag urine specimens still not appropriate in diagnosing urinary tract infections in infants [2004]
• India
  • Indian Academy of Pediatrics
    • Consensus Statement on Management of Urinary Tract Infections [2001]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Short versus standard duration oral antibiotic therapy for acute urinary tract infection in children
    • Long-term antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in children
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of tests for the diagnosis and investigation of urinary tract infection in children: a systematic review and economic model [2006]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis, treatment and long-term management [2007]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Urinary Tract Infection: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months [2011]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Urinary Tract Infection - Child [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Urinary tract infection: clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of the initial UTI in febrile infants and children 2 to 24 months. American Academy of Pediatrics [2011]
    • Urinary tract infections in children. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® urinary tract infection — child [2008]
    • Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis, treatment and long-term management. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health [2007]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Renal Ultrasound Likely Still Necessary in Work-up of First Febrile UTI [2003]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Urinary tract infections in infants and children in developing countries in the context of IMCI [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Urinary Tract Infection in Children [2005]
    • The AAP Practice Parameter on Urinary Tract Infections in Febrile Infants and Young Children [2000]
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
    • Vesicoureteral Reflux and Urinary Tract Infection: Evolving Practices and Current Controversies in Pediatric Imaging [2009]
  • Annals of Saudi Medicine
    • A guideline for the inpatient care of children with pyelonephritis [2010]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Rapid tests and urine sampling techniques for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children under five years: a systematic review [2005]
    • Further investigation of confirmed urinary tract infection (UTI) in children under five years: a systematic review [2005]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Evaluating the benefits of antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent urinary tract infections in children: a systematic review [2000]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections [2005]
  • Current Opinion in Pediatrics
    • Are prophylactic antibiotics indicated after a urinary tract infection? [2009]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Antibiotic prophylaxis following urinary tract infection in children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials [2010]
  • Pediatrics
    • A Meta-analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials Comparing Short- and Long-Course Antibiotic Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children [2002]
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Urinary tract infections in men

• Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of uncomplicated lower urinary tract symptoms in men [2000]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • 2007 National Guideline on the Management of Non-gonococcal Urethritis [2008]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • 2007 UK national guideline on the management of non-gonococcal urethritis. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
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Urinary tract infections in women

• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Recurrent urinary tract infection [2010]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Quinolones for uncomplicated acute cystitis in women
    • Antibiotic duration for treating uncomplicated, symptomatic lower urinary tract infections in elderly women
• United States of America
  • American College of Radiology
    • Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Women [2011]
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
    • International Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis and Pyelonephritis in Women: A 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [2011]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • UTIs in Women (Recurrent Cystitis) Referral Guideline [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • International clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: a 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology [2011]
    • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® recurrent lower urinary tract infections in women [2011]
    • Recurrent urinary tract infection. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2010]
    • Treatment of urinary tract infections in nonpregnant women. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Bacterial cystitis in women [2010]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Recurrent urinary tract infection in women [2003]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. Current practice and the effect of antibiotic resistance on empiric treatment [2006]
  • South African Family Practice
    • Recurrent urinary tract infections in non-pregnant adult women [2009]
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Urinary tract infections, urinalysis

• Europe
  • European Association of Urology
    • Guidelines on Urological Infections [2010]
• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infection in adults [2006]
• United States of America
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
    • Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults [2005]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Diagnosis and Management of Lower Urinary Tract Infection [Guideline synthesis]
    • Urinary tract infections in renal insufficiency, transplant recipients, diabetes mellitus and immunosuppression. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Specific infections. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Sepsis syndrome in urology (urosepsis). In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Complicated urinary tract infections due to urological disorders. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
  • University of Michigan Health System
    • Urinary Tract Infection Guideline [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults [2006]
    • Diagnosis and Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections [2005]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Asymptomatic bacteriuria – prevalence in the elderly population [2011]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Identifying barriers and tailoring interventions to improve the management of urinary tract infections and sore throat: a pragmatic study using qualitative methods [2003]
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    • Pathogenesis of urinary tract infections: an update [2000]
  • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
    • Genetic Risk for Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Humans: A Systematic Review [2010]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urinary tract infections: treatment
    • Urinary tract infections: screening, diagnosis
    • Urinary tract infections: prevention
    • Urinary tract infections in women
    • Urinary tract infections in pregnancy
    • Urinary tract infections in men
    • Urinary tract infections in children
    • Catheter-associated urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infections: prevention

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Methenamine hippurate for preventing urinary tract infections
    • Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Peri-operative antibacterial prophylaxis in urology. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
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Urinary tract infections: screening, diagnosis

• Canada
  • Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee - British Columbia
    • Macroscopic and Microscopic Urinalysis and Investigation of Urinary Tract Infections [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Diagnosis of UTI [2006]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Dipsticks and diagnostic algorithms in urinary tract infection: development and validation, randomised trial, economic analysis, observational cohort and qualitative study [2009]
• United States of America
  • Lab Tests Online - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Urinalysis: A Comprehensive Review [2005]
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement [2008]
  • BMC Urology
    • The urine dipstick test useful to rule out infections. A meta-analysis of the accuracy [2004]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • The diagnosis of urinary tract infection: a systematic review [2010]
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Urinary tract infections: treatment

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Drugs for treating urinary schistosomiasis
    • Cranberries for treating urinary tract infections
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Antibiotics for Cystitis: How Long? [2006]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Urethritis. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Alternative Medicine Review
    • Natural approaches to prevention and treatment of infections of the lower urinary tract [2008]
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    • ‘Pre-emptive culturing’ will improve the chance of ‘getting it right’ when empirical therapy of urinary tract infections fails [2009]
    • Treatment options for acute uncomplicated cystitis in adults [2000]
    • Pivmecillinam in the treatment of urinary tract infections [2000]
    • Effect on the human normal microflora of oral antibiotics for treatment of urinary tract infections [2000]
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