Exploring the real-world management of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by Swiss general practitioners and urologists: insights from an online survey

Autor: Iris Zünti, Emilio Arbelaez, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Andreas Zeller, Florian S. Halbeisen, Hans-Helge Seifert, Kathrin Bausch
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Swiss Medical Weekly, Vol 154, Iss 11 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-3997
DOI: 10.57187/s.3933
Popis: AIM: To assess and compare the real-world management of catheters and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) among Swiss general practitioners and urologists, encompassing diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis. METHODS: An anonymised online questionnaire was distributed among Swiss general practitioners and urologists between January and October 2023 via the networks of Sentinella and the Swiss Association of Urology. The questionnaire consisted of questions on catheter management, including diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of CAUTI. Analysis was performed by discipline. Fisher’s exact test was applied for comparisons (statistical significance with p
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