Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in catheterised Geriatric patients in a Tertiary care centre in North India
Sumit Bhasker , Samrat Mitra, Sirisha Komala , Vishal Sharma
JCDR. 2023: 570-578
Abstract
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are the most common cause of Hospital - acquired infection affecting about 150 million individuals annually worldwide. UTIs are grouped into uncomplicated and complicated infections especially in elderly patients. Data on CAUTIs in geriatric age group in hospital are very less. This study was done to elucidate the causative factors for CAUTIs and related outcomes (in terms of length of stay and mortality), in geriatric patients (> 65yrs) admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Northern India.
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