Developing clinical rules to predict urinary tract infection in primary care settings: sensitivity and specificity of near patient tests (dipsticks) and clinical scores

[摘要] Suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common presentations in primary care. Systematic reviews have not documented any adequately powered studies in primary care that assess independent predictors of laboratory diagnosis.

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] clinical scoring algorithms;diagnosis;urinary tract infection;dipsticks