Term
| Upper UTI's are known as ? |
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Definition
- pyelonephritis(kidney)
- ureteritis(ureters)
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Term
| Lower UTI's are known as ? |
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Definition
- cystitis - bladder
- Urethritis - urethra
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Term
| risk factors for UTI's are ? |
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Definition
- to empty bladder completely
- obstructed/strictures/contractures
- tumors/compression
- calculi
- dec immune response
- inflammation/abrasion
- disease - MS/gout/dm
- pregnancy
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Term
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Definition
- chronic medical conditions
- frequent use of antimicrobial agents
- infected pressure ulcers
- immunocompromised
- cognitive impairment
- immobility
- incomplete emptying of bladder
- bedpan use
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Term
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Definition
- transurethral(most common)
- bloodstream
- fistula from the intestine
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Term
| S/S of Upper UTI's / Acute Pyelonephritis ? |
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Definition
-
chills/fever
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low back pain
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flank pain
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N/V
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CVA tenderness
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Term
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Definition
- back pain
- hematuria
- cloudy urine
- inability to urinate
- dysuria
- suprapubic pain
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Term
| elderly patients UTI's s/s ? |
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Definition
- frequency / urgency may occur
- altered sensorium
- lethargy
- anorexia
- new incontinence
- fever
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Term
| uncomplicated UTI's are ? |
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Definition
- community acquired - snf prison
- common in young women
- not usually recurrent
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Term
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Definition
- nosocomial - hospital
- pts with urologic abnormalities
- pregnancy
- immunosuppression
- dm
- obstructions
- often recurrent
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Term
| diagnostic tests for UTI's ? |
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Definition
- urine culture c/s
- wbc
- U/A - nitrates and leukocytes
- ct scan
- ultrasound
- iv pyelogram
- cystoscopy
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Term
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Definition
- sulfamethoxazole - bactrim, septra
- amoxicillin - amoxil, augmentin
- nitrofurantoin- furadantin s/e dark urine
- ampicillin
- ciprofloxacin - cipro s/e high c diff rate
- levofloxacin - levaquin " " "
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Term
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Definition
- pyridium - phenazopyridine
- s/e turns urine orange
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Term
| pharm for pyelonephritis are? |
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Definition
- ciproflaxin - quinolone / fluoroquinolones
- cefriaxone - rocephin cephalosporin
- aminoglycosides
- tobramycin
- gentamycin
- neomycin
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