Evaluating the Safety of Performing Flexible Cystoscopy When Urinalysis Suggests Presence of “Infection”: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study in 2350 patients

Evaluating the Safety of Performing Flexible Cystoscopy When Urinalysis Suggests Presence of “Infection”: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study in 2350 patients

Background: There is significant underutilisation of allocated health service resources when a scheduled flexible cystoscopy (FC) is cancelled because a pre-cystoscopy urinalysis (PCU) suggests “infection”, despite patients being asymptomatic for urinary tract infection (UTI). Objective: To evaluate...

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Main Authors: Matthew Trail, Julia Cullen, Emma Fulton, Faye Clayton, Ewan McGregor, Faye McWilliam, Lachlan Dick, Pota Kalima, Roland Donat, Paramananthan Mariappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:European Urology Open Science
Subjects:
Urinalysis
Urinary tract infection
Bladder cancer
Microbiology
Protocol
Safety
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666168321001336

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