scholarly journals Risk Factors for Postoperative Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Alvarez ◽  
Alysen L. Demzik ◽  
Hasham M. Alvi ◽  
Kevin D. Hardt ◽  
David W. Manning

Background. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common minor complication following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) with incidence as high as 3.26%. Bladder catheterization is routinely used during TJA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently identified hospital-acquired catheter associated UTI as a target for quality improvement. This investigation seeks to identify specific risk factors for UTI in TJA patients.Methods.We retrospectively studied patients undergoing TJA for osteoarthritis between 2006 and 2013 in the American College of Surgeon’s National Surgical Improvement Program Database (ACS-NSQIP). A univariate analysis screen followed by multivariate logistic regression identified specific patient demographics, comorbidities, preoperative laboratory values, and operative characteristics independently associated with postoperative UTI.Results.1,239 (1.1%) of 115,630 TJA patients we identified experienced a postoperative UTI. The following characteristics are independently associated with postoperative UTI: female sex (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.6–2.7), chronic steroid use (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2–3.2), ages 60–69 (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0–2.1), 70–79 (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.4–2.9), and ≥80 (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.5–3.6), ASA Classes 3–5 (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2–1.9), preoperative creatinine >1.35 (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3–2.6), and operation time greater than 130 minutes (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3–2.4).Conclusions.In this large database query, postoperative UTI occurs in 1.1% of patients following TJA and several variables including female sex, age greater than 60, and chronic steroid use are independent risk factors for occurrence. Practitioners should be aware of populations at greater risk to support efforts to comply with CMS initiated quality improvement.

Infection ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Cohen-Nahum ◽  
L. Saidel-Odes ◽  
K. Riesenberg ◽  
F. Schlaeffer ◽  
A. Borer

Menopause ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Ingram ◽  
Tasha Posid ◽  
Aroh Pandit ◽  
Justin Rose ◽  
Sabrina Amin ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
L. CERSOSIMO ◽  
F. CATANZARO ◽  
E. IMPARATO ◽  
M. MESCHIA ◽  
T. MAZZEI ◽  
...  

Non complicated acute urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common bacterial diseases in the human species. More than 150 million UTIs (non complicated/complicated) are, in fact, annually diagnosed and treated worlwide (Sobel Kaye, 1990; Stamm and Hooton, 1993; Stamm, 1998; Stamm and Norrby, 2001; Foxman, 2002). UTI include cystitis and pyelonephritis (the latter is not discussed in this paper) that occur in individuals without morphological-functional alterations of the excretory tract. This disease is more common in female and/or in menopause patients. 25-50% of the individuals in this population, aged between 20 and 40 years, can be affected by UTI at least once in a lifetime and can be prone to more or less frequent relapses. (Johnson, 1998; Stamm, 2001). Male subjects are less frequently affected by UTI, but when affected, they experience more serious episodes often representing a warning signal of anatomical alterations of the urinary apparatus or the presence of risk factors.......


2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bispo ◽  
Milene Fernandes ◽  
Cristina Toscano ◽  
Teresa Marques ◽  
Domingos Machado ◽  
...  

<strong>Introduction:</strong> Urinary tract infection is the most common infectious complication following renal transplantation and its frequency is insufficiently studied in Portugal. The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence of urinary tract infections and recurrent urinary tract infections in renal transplant recipients.<br /><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> This was a retrospective cohort observational study, obtained from clinical files of all patients who received a renal transplant at the Hospital of Santa Cruz, from January 2004 to December 2005, with a mean follow-up period of five years or until date of graft loss, death or loss of follow-up. After a descriptive analysis of the population, we used bivariate tests to identify risk factors for urinary tract infections.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 127 patients were included, with a 593 patients.year follow-up. We detected 53 patients (41.7%) presenting with at least one episode of urinary tract infection; 21 patients (16.5%) had recurrent urinary tract infection. Female gender was the only risk factor associated with the occurrence of urinary tract infections (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 7.08, RR = 2.95) and recurrent urinary tract infections (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 4.66, RR = 2.83). Escherichia coli (51.6%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (15.5%) and Enterobacter spp (9.9%) were the<br />most frequently identified pathogens. Patients did not reveal an increased mortality or allograft loss. However, urinary tract infections were the most important cause of hospital admissions.<br /><strong>Discussion:</strong> Female gender was the only risk factor for urinary tract infections in this population. Escherichia coli was the most frequent agent isolated.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Despite preventive measures, urinary tract infections remain an important cause of morbidity and hospital admissions.<br /><strong>Keywords:</strong> Urinary Tract Infections; Postoperative Complications; Risk Factors; Kidney Transplantation; Portugal.


2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Özlem Boybeyi ◽  
İbrahim Karnak ◽  
Arbay Özden Ciftci ◽  
Feridun Cahit Tanyel ◽  
Mehmet Emin Şenocak

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